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An estimated 16.8 million people in the UK had a disability in 2023/24, accounting for 25% of the total population.
An estimated 16.8 million people in the UK had a disability in 2023/24, accounting for 25% of the total population.
Thirty years on from the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, there are still train stations in my constituency that are not fully accessible, including Burntisland and Cowdenbeath stations. This creates unacceptable daily barriers for disabled people, families with prams and buggies and those with heavy luggage. Does the Leader of the...
Thirty years on from the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, there are still train stations in my constituency that are not fully accessible, including Burntisland and Cowdenbeath stations. This creates unacceptable daily barriers for disabled people, families with prams and buggies and those with heavy luggage. Does the Leader of the...
Accessibility on our railways is raised many times with me in these sessions and across the House. Let us be honest: the accessibility of many of our stations, including in my hon. Friend’s constituency, is deeply inadequate for those with buggies, in wheelchairs or whatever else. The Rail Minister is...
Accessibility on our railways is raised many times with me in these sessions and across the House. Let us be honest: the accessibility of many of our stations, including in my hon. Friend’s constituency, is deeply inadequate for those with buggies, in wheelchairs or whatever else. The Rail Minister is...
This paper explains the legislative frameworks and policies that apply to public transport users with disabilities or reduced mobility.
This paper explains the legislative frameworks and policies that apply to public transport users with disabilities or reduced mobility.
This paper covers how leaseholders in flats can gain consent to home adaptations. It covers the issue of adaptations in the common parts of residential buildings.
This paper covers how leaseholders in flats can gain consent to home adaptations. It covers the issue of adaptations in the common parts of residential buildings.
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 inquiry - UK 2021 follow-up report. 26p.
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 inquiry - UK 2021 follow-up report. 26p.
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.
Yesterday marked twenty-five years since the introduction of the landmark Disability Discrimination Act. The Disability Discrimination Act (and the subsequent Equality Act) has stood the test of time and...
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.
Yesterday marked twenty-five years since the introduction of the landmark Disability Discrimination Act. The Disability Discrimination Act (and the subsequent Equality Act) has stood the test of time and...
Yesterday marked twenty-five years since the introduction of the landmark Disability Discrimination Act. The Disability Discrimination Act (and the subsequent Equality Act) has stood the test of time and provides a strong and straightforward legal framework that protects disabled people from unfair treatment. This vital protection supports disabled people in...
Yesterday marked twenty-five years since the introduction of the landmark Disability Discrimination Act. The Disability Discrimination Act (and the subsequent Equality Act) has stood the test of time and provides a strong and straightforward legal framework that protects disabled people from unfair treatment. This vital protection supports disabled people in...
That this House notes that 25 years ago, on 8 November 1995, the Disability Discrimination Act received Royal Assent; recalls that this landmark piece of legislation was the result of a hard-fought campaign by disabled people, with up to 100,000 disabled activists taking part in direct action, campaigning for equal rights and an end to the kind of societal discrimination that saw wheelchair users regularly banned from bars, cinemas and theatres under the guise of health and safety; records that, under this Act, for the first time, it became unlawful to discriminate against disabled people, as employees, customers and citizens using public transport or getting an education; considers that the Act was an important milestone and a recognition of disability equality and disability rights, but notes that many felt it did not go far enough; recognises that, despite it now being against the law, disabled people are still discriminated against, in work, in public places, for example by assistance dog owners being refused access to restaurants and taxis, and with huge swathes of public transport still inaccessible; and joins disability campaign groups in calling for a fresh look at the future of disability equality and what needs to change in all aspects of society, including what steps are needed to ensure that anti-discrimination laws are backed up by meaningful enforcement.
That this House notes that 25 years ago, on 8 November 1995, the Disability Discrimination Act received Royal Assent; recalls that this landmark piece of legislation was the result of a hard-fought campaign by disabled people, with up to 100,000 disabled activists taking part in direct action, campaigning for equal...
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee; its recommendations; the Government’s response; a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords; and subsequent developments.
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee; its recommendations; the Government’s response; a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords; and subsequent developments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to give people with dyslexia in the armed forces protection under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to give people with dyslexia in the armed forces protection under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
There are no plans to extend the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to cover Service personnel who have dyslexia. The Defence Direction for Specific Learning Difficulties (contained within Joint Service Publication 898 'Defence Direction and Guidance on Training, Education and Skills') provides direction to all Service personnel who have dyslexia, and line managers, trainers and commanders who are required to manage Service personnel with dyslexia. It provides a learning support framework for those identified with dyslexia, ensuring that the Ministry of Defence meets its obligations as a responsible employer.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of provisions in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Equality Act 2010 in improving access for self-employed disabled people to access professional networking events; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of provisions in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Equality Act 2010 in improving access for self-employed disabled people to access professional networking events; and if she will make a statement.
The Government carried out a post-legislative scrutiny review of the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) in 2015, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-legislative-memorandum-the-equality-act-2010
The review noted that, in the area of disability, the Act introduced a number of protections that had not been present in the Disability Discrimination Act. These included the extension of indirect discrimination to disability; the introduction of discrimination arising from disability (where a disabled person is treated unfavourably because of something that happens in consequence of their disability); and the extension of the duty on employers and suppliers of goods and services to make reasonable adjustments for disabled persons.
Under the Act, service providers have an anticipatory duty to make such adjustments. This means that where reasonable, they must identify and make the adjustments that disabled people might in future require in order to purchase or use their goods, facilities and services without being put at a substantial disadvantage compared to those that do not have a disability. This duty, which can ultimately be enforced in court, applies to the organisers of professional networking events in the same way as to other service providers.
More widely, the Government is fully committed to assisting disabled people access the labour market, for example through Access to Work. This is the Government’s scheme to fund practical support above and beyond the reasonable adjustments that an employer has a duty to make under the Equality Act 2010 for workers with a health condition or disability that affects the way they perform their job. Support is individually tailored and can include travel to work, support workers and specialist aids and equipment. The scheme is also open to self-employed disabled people.
Access to Work helped 36,470 individuals last year and the Spending Review provided for a real-terms increase in funding, starting in 2016/17, to enable the scheme to support an additional 25,000 people by the end of the Parliament.
SI 2010/432. With an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department for Transport. Coming into force 6 April 2010.
SI 2010/432. With an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department for Transport. Coming into force 6 April 2010.
SI 2010/427. With an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Coming into force 6 April 2010.
SI 2010/427. With an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Coming into force 6 April 2010.
Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2010. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the day after the order is made.
Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2010. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the day after the order is made.
Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Networks) Exemption Order 2009. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the fifteenth day after the Order is made.
Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Networks) Exemption Order 2009. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the fifteenth day after the Order is made.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they plan to maintain the exemption of Armed Forces personnel from the Disability Discrimination Act as a proportionate means of ensuring combat effectiveness.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they plan to maintain the exemption of Armed Forces personnel from the Disability Discrimination Act as a proportionate means of ensuring combat effectiveness.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy that Armed Forces personnel should be treated differently with regard to the Disability Discrimination Act from police and fire services personnel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy that Armed Forces personnel should be treated differently with regard to the Disability Discrimination Act from police and fire services personnel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose an amendment to the Equality Bill to remove the exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act of Armed Forces personnel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose an amendment to the Equality Bill to remove the exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act of Armed Forces personnel.