Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any of the training modules for (a) Work Coaches and (b) Disability Employment Advisers have been coproduced by disabled people.

All DWP learning for Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers is designed in partnership with Work Psychologists, external organisations such as MIND, (a national charity providing mental health information and support), RNIB, (Royal National Institute of Blind People), SENSE, (a national charity set-up to support people who are deafblind or have other complex disabilities), and National Autistic Society alongside DWP staff who have a variety of disabilities to ensure that learning is not only accessible to all but is sensitive to everyone’s requirements regardless of abilities/disabilities.

DWP are also working with Microsoft to provide Accessibility Fundamentals learning which helps work coaches / DEAs understand the various features in Microsoft that can be used to make opportunities more accessible for all our customers.