| Heading: |
Disability: Candidates |
| Question ID: |
1813493 |
| UIN: |
60587 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4634 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Christine Jardine
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| Asking Member handle: |
CajardineMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@CajardineMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to introduce a funding scheme for disabled candidates, in the context of Disability Action Plan commitments; and what progress she has made on a funding scheme for disabled candidates. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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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: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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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 |