Employment: Disability

(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the Disability Confident scheme.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 17th October 2017

The Disability Confident scheme was launched in November 2016. As of 22 September 2017 5,162 employers had signed up to it, across a wide range of sizes, industries and locations, with this number continuing to grow.

The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group, comprising of prominent national businesses, is leading efforts to promote Disability Confident to employers, as are industrial and professional membership bodies. Those businesses signed up as Disability Confident Leaders are encouraging and supporting other employers to sign up. Disability Confident is being promoted to employers via a wide range of Government activities including press releases, social media, events, conferences and links to the Gov.UK site.

The Department is constantly looking to improve the Disability Confident offer to employers that sign up to the scheme and to do this we have introduced a specialist themed approach, offering additional advice, guidance and support on a wide range of topics such as Mental Health, Autism and Neuro-diversity and Reasonable adjustments. By utilising the expertise of Disability Confident Leaders, we are able to share best practice via events, webinars, blogs, video-links to benefit all Disability Confident employers.

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