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National Disability Strategy

Status: Closed Opened: 26 May 2022 Closed: 30 May 2024 21 recommendations 13 conclusions 5 reports

A Women and Equalities Committee inquiry to scrutinise the implementation and further development of the Government’s National Disability Strategy , which was published in July 2021. Accessibility of products and services to disabled people Read the full report (HTML) Read the EasyRead report on accessibility (PDF 1374KB) Read the large print report on accessibility(PDF 566KB) … Show more

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Reports

5 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixth Report - Inequalities in healthcare and employment fo… HC 134 21 May 2024 14 —
EasyRead Report - Accessibility of products and services to… — 19 Mar 2024 0 —
Fourth Report - Accessibility of products and services to d… HC 605 19 Mar 2024 9 Responded
First Report - The National Disability Strategy HC 34 6 Dec 2023 11 Responded
EasyRead report - The National Disability Strategy — 6 Dec 2023 0 —

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
2 Recommendation First Report - The National Disability … Accepted in Part

Develop a ten-year National Disability Strategy with disabled people, including clear targets.

The Government should develop the National Disability Strategy beyond the short- term actions already in progress. To support this approach, it should work with disabled people to develop a ten-year strategy with an action plan for the first five years outlining clear targets and timescales for delivery. The Disability Unit … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government commits to delivering a long-term vision for the National Disability Strategy and has a new Disability Action Plan for immediate actions in 2024. However, it explicitly rejects the recommendation for the Disability Unit to have final say or power to challenge other departments, …
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Government Equalities Office
9 Recommendation First Report - The National Disability … Accepted in Part

Require Government to explain UN CRPD non-attendance and outline steps to meet 2016 recommendations.

That the Government failed to engage with the CRPD process earlier this year is disrespectful to the UN Committee and disabled people. It sends the wrong message, both nationally and internationally, about the UK’s commitment to upholding the rights of persons with disabilities. The Government, in response to this report, … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government explains its reasons for not attending the August 2023 UN Committee meeting, stating it will participate in March 2024. It commits to improving understanding of the UNCRPD across government through the Disability Unit's work as part of the Disability Action Plan, and will …
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Government Equalities Office

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
5 Jul 2023 David Nuttall · Department of Health and Social Care, Jennifer Heigham · Department for Work and Pensions, Marcus Bell · Cabinet Office, Maria Caulfield MP · Government Equalities Office, Tom Pursglove MP · Department for Work and Pensions View ↗
17 May 2023 Angela Matthews · Business Disability Forum, Eric Harris · Research Institute for Disabled Consumers, Tammy Jones · Purple, Vivienne Francis · The Royal Institute of Blind People View ↗
26 Apr 2023 Ciara Lawrence · The Royal Mencap Society, George Appleton · Care England, Jackie O'Sullivan · The Royal Mencap Society, Jim Blair, Maya Stretton · National Autistic Society, Tim Nicholls · National Autistic Society View ↗
29 Mar 2023 Fazilet Hadi · Disability Rights UK, Fran Springfield · Chronic Illness Inclusion, Lord Shinkwin · The Centre for Social Justice Disability Commission, Martin McLean · National Deaf Children’s Society, Nil Guzelgun · MIND, Svetlana Kotova · Inclusion London View ↗
22 Feb 2023 Women and Equalities Committee View ↗

Who gave evidence

21 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Angela Matthews · Head of Policy and Research Business Disability Forum 1
Ciara Lawrence · Engagement Lead The Royal Mencap Society 1
David Nuttall · Deputy Director of Neurodiversity, Diversity and … Department of Health and Social Care 1
Eric Harris · Director of Inclusive Research Research Institute for Disabled Consumers 1
Fazilet Hadi · Policy Manager Disability Rights UK 1
Fran Springfield · Co-Chair Chronic Illness Inclusion 1
George Appleton · Head of Policy Care England 1
Jackie O'Sullivan · Executive Director of Communications, Advocacy & … The Royal Mencap Society 1
Jennifer Heigham · Deputy Director for Strategy and Briefing for Wor… Department for Work and Pensions 1
Jim Blair — 1
Lord Shinkwin · Chair (2020-2021) The Centre for Social Justice Disability Commission 1
Marcus Bell · Director of the Equality Hub Cabinet Office 1
Maria Caulfield MP · Minister for Women Government Equalities Office 1
Martin McLean · Senior Policy Advisor National Deaf Children’s Society 1
Maya Stretton · Young Ambassador National Autistic Society 1
Nil Guzelgun · Policy and Campaigns Manager MIND 1
Svetlana Kotova · Director of Campaigns and Justice Inclusion London 1
Tammy Jones · Managing Director Purple 1
Tim Nicholls · Head of Influencing and Research National Autistic Society 1
Tom Pursglove MP · Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Department for Work and Pensions 1
Vivienne Francis · Chief Social Change Officer The Royal Institute of Blind People 1

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
24 Jan 2024 — Correspondence from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Educati…
6 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for He…
18 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on the N…
18 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on the N…
19 Oct 2022 — Correspondence from the then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions relating …