Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) when the Minister for Disabled People last met with the Government's Disability and Access Ambassadors and (b) what recent steps she has taken with those ambassadors on disability and access.

The Minister for Disabled People met the Disability and Access Ambassadors (DAAs) on 17th January 2022 for their virtual Quarterly meeting with her. They discussed taking forward access issues in all 19 of their sectors. The Minister also has a programme of individual meetings with DAAs. All DAAs have had, and continue to have, active involvement with Disability Unit projects. All DAAs remain active and busy in their sectors, including four new DAAs who were appointed in January 2022.