Select committee: Work and Pensions Committee
Conclusion 13
7th Report - Employment support for disabled people: Disability at Work
Published 21 May 2026
Addressed to Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Pensions Committee Employment support for disabled people All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Financial incentives for small employers to engage with the proposals in Keep Britain Working and hire more disabled people should be among the first concrete proposals coming out of the Vanguards. In its response to our report, we ask the government to give a firm commitment to testing and implementing such incentives as soon as possible, and that 40 their development be informed, where appropriate, by evidence of what has worked in comparable economies such as Denmark’s approach to encouraging employers to engage with disability employment. (Recommendation, Paragraph 65)
From: Work and Pensions Committee, 7th Report - Employment support for disabled people: Disability at Work (HC 1227), 21 May 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 10 September 2026 (deadline 21 July 2026).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government accepts some recommendations in full and others in part, saying that problems with reasonable adjustments reflect "a gap in understanding" rather than a gap in the law.
- On written responses to adjustment requests and information for all new employees, it does "not currently intend" to legislate for the information requirement, saying the issue is "best addressed by improving understanding of the current duties".
- It accepts the recommendation on assistive technology: the Disability Unit will launch a call for evidence "later this year" and then set out plans, including considering what form a potential centre might take.
- It accepts the recommendation on Workplace Health Provision, stating "It is our intention to set out the nature of Workplace Health Provision (WHP) by the end of the year".
- It accepts the recommendation on mandatory disability pay gap reporting, with legislation to be introduced "as soon as parliamentary time allows".