Question follow-through · 72235

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support employees with invisible disabilities to access adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
10 Sept 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support employees with invisible disabilities to access adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Employers are crucial in enhancing employment opportunities and supporting disabled people and those with health conditions to thrive in the workforce. All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010(opens in a new tab) to make ‘reasonable adjustmen...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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