Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 26
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Not Addressed
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By the Department’s own admission, it is not possible to know whether Disability Confident is...
Recommendation
By the Department’s own admission, it is not possible to know whether Disability Confident is having any meaningful beneficial impact on the employment prospects of disabled people. As part of its evaluation, the Department should explore ways in which it can measure the success of the Disability Confident scheme. This should include, but not be limited to, a mandatory requirement for employers at levels 2 and 3 to routinely publish the percentage of disabled individuals working in their organisations through the Government’s Voluntary Reporting Framework. Employers should also be required to notify the Government when they have signed up to the framework.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response details ONS analysis on COVID-19 deaths by disability status and occupation, which does not address the recommendation to evaluate the Disability Confident scheme's success, including mandatory reporting of disabled employees.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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As part of our review of Disability Confident we will consider how we can measure the impact and success of the scheme. This review will also consider the Cabinet Office consultation into mandatory and voluntary reporting. The growth and take-up of the scheme demonstrates that employers are engaging with the disability agenda. As of 31st October 2021, there were over 20,000 employers actively engaged in the DC scheme, covering over 11 million employees working within those businesses. 18 Disability employment gap: Government response During Autumn 2021, we are undertaking a follow-up employer insight survey to explore the further effects that signing up to the Disability Confident scheme has on recruitment and retention attitudes towards disabled people.
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