1st Special Report - Employment support for disabled people: Disability at Work: Government Response

This is the government's response, published 10 September 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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