| Heading: |
Employment: Disability and Visual Impairment |
| Question ID: |
1791229 |
| UIN: |
43263 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5221 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Steve Witherden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Steve Witherden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support employers to employ more (a) people with sight loss and (b) disabled people. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4083 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alison McGovern
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| Answering Member handle: |
Alison_McGovern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Alison_McGovern
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| Answer text: |
The Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Health and Social Care are committed to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including people with sight loss, with their employment journey. The Disability Confident Scheme ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |