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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Feb 2020
Universal Credit: Delayed Roll-Out

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

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Written Question
Disability: Children
Tuesday 18th June 2019

Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recent Scope report Now is the Time 2018, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of a cross-departmental approach to support the families of disabled children.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The Government’s vision for disabled children and young people is the same as for everyone else – to enable them to fulfil their potential, achieve well in education, and to live happy and fulfilled lives. To support this aim, the Disability and Society Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) was set up last year to drive forward action across Government to tackle the barriers disabled people face to realising their full participation in society. Whilst disability policy is the responsibility of all Departments, by working together we can improve disabled people’s participation, for which we are jointly responsible.

We are also committed to working with a wide and diverse range of people and organisations to shape and improve government's approach. We announced our new Regional Stakeholder Network in December 2018, which will bring the views of disabled people, local disability organisations, disabled people led organisations, and organisations that represent disabled people closer to government.

The UK Government has some of the strongest equalities legislation in the world and we will continue to ensure that these rights are protected, just as we will continue to develop policies to tackle the barriers faced by disabled people.


Written Question
Disability: Children
Tuesday 18th June 2019

Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the role of the Minister for Disabled People is in co-ordinating children and families policy across Government.

Answered by Will Quince

The Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance leads on policy for children and families within DWP – including the delivery of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme, the Child Maintenance Service, Maternity benefits and the Family Test which was developed to ensure that potential impacts on family relationships and functioning are considered in advice put to Ministers. To strengthen implementation of the Family Test, we are currently working across government with a newly created Family Test Network.

To fulfil this role DWP works with a range of other departments to ensure the policy we deliver for children and families is effective, but it does not coordinate children and families’ policy across government.

Part of the role of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work is to work across government to encourage development of policies to tackle the barriers disabled people face to realising their full participation in society. Whilst disability policy is the responsibility of all departments, by working together we can improve disabled people’s participation, for which we are jointly responsible.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Nov 2018
Universal Credit

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Speech in Ministerial Corrections - Thu 18 Oct 2018
Work and Pensions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

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