Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee
Disability employment
Status: Closed
Opened: 26 Feb 2024
Closed: 23 May 2024
Disabled people face significant barriers to work that non-disabled people do not, and despite employers having a legal duty to make reasonable adjustments in the workplace to accommodate them, there is evidence to suggest that many are not making these changes. Whilst the disability employment rate has risen in recent years, the disability employment gap …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2024 | Alison Thwaite · Down’s Syndrome Association, Becca Stacey · Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, Ceri Smith · Department for International Trade, Evan John · Sense, Georgia Harper · Autistica, Russell Fleming · ME Association, Ruth Wakeman · Crohn's and Colitis UK | View ↗ |
| 1 May 2024 | Dr Christine Grant · Coventry University, Jacqueline Winstanley · Universal Inclusion, Laura Davis · British Association of Supported Employment, Nic Murray · Leonard Cheshire, Professor Helen Lawton Smith · Birkbeck, University of London, Professor Ian Burn · University of Liverpool, Professor Kim Hoque · Disability@Work | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2024 | — | Correspondence with Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work relating to D… |