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Recommendation 15

7th Report - Employment support for disabled people: Disability at Work Published 21 May 2026 Addressed to Department for Work and Pensions

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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We recommend that the government legislate as part of the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill to require businesses with more than 250 employees to report on the number of disabled people they employ. Alongside a commitment to legislate, the government should set out its assessment of how consistently employers are defining disability where they already do report. If needs be, it should then set out its plans for providing guidance to employers on the definition of disability. (Recommendation, Paragraph 70)

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".

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