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Pathways to Work: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the consultation events on the Pathway to Work are accessible to people with disabilities.

answeredClaire HannaDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the consultation events on the Pathway to Work are accessible to people with disabilities.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    This government strongly values the input of disabled people and representative organisations, and that is why we have brought forward this Green Paper and opened a public consultation. The consultation welcomes all views, and we hope that a wide range of...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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