| Heading: |
Candidates: Disability |
| Question ID: |
1811885 |
| UIN: |
HL8349 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3862 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Grey-Thompson
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| Asking Member handle: |
Tanni_GT
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Tanni_GT
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to implement the action in the Disability Action Plan to provide financial support for disabled people to access elected office, and what progress they have made towards that aim. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
The Disability Action Plan was an initiative of the previous administration. It is this government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office. We have been clear that we will champion disabled people’s rights and work closely with them so tha... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |