Disability employment

Work and Pensions Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 26 Feb 2024 Closed: 23 May 2024 Parliament page
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 … Read more
2 Oral sessions
1 Letter
2 Events
Activity timeline 5 events
15 May
2024
15 May
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
1 May
2024
1 May
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
Work and Pensions Committee
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
Work and Pensions Committee
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
Correspondence 1 letter
22 May 2024 Correspondence with Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work relating to Disability employment inquiry
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