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First Report - The National Disability Strategy
Women and Equalities Committee
HC 34
Published 6 December 2023
Government response
Second Special Report - The National Disability Strategy: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report · published 6 Mar 2024
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Rejected
National Disability Strategy criticised for lacking integration and disabled people's input.
Conclusion
Disabled people and their representative organisations told us they have had little to no influence over the National Disability Strategy. The result is a disability strategy in name only: a list consisting mainly of pre-existing departmental actions with minimal strategic …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejects the conclusion that disabled people had little influence over the National Disability Strategy, providing extensive details of meetings, consultations, surveys, and qualitative research undertaken with various disabled people's organizations and charities during its development.
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Conclusion
Rejected
Para 19
Government's engagement with disabled people on National Disability Strategy proved insufficient and exclusive.
Conclusion
The Government claimed to have carried out “the biggest listening exercise with disabled people in recent history” to inform the National Disability Strategy. We disagree. Rather than being listened to, many disabled people and their representative organisations felt excluded from …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejects the committee's conclusion by detailing the extensive engagement undertaken to develop the National Disability Strategy, including numerous meetings with various disability organisations, roundtables, and the UK Disability Survey.
Government Equalities Office
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