Question follow-through · 54155

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers in the Disability Confident Employer Scheme are (a) making reasonable adjustments and (b) adhering to the Equality Act 2010.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
21 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
6 Jun 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers in the Disability Confident Employer Scheme are (a) making reasonable adjustments and (b) adhering to the Equality Act 2010.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Disability Confident Scheme encourages employers to create disability inclusive workplaces and to support disabled people to get work and get on in work. In 2022, the department commissioned a survey to understand from members’ perspectives the impact...

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