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For what reason responsibility for the Office for Disability Issues transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office.
For what reason responsibility for the Office for Disability Issues transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office.
The Office for Disability Issues transferred to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019. It joined the race disparity unit and the Government Equalities Office to be part of the new Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office. The new cross-departmental disability unit will work closely with disabled people, and disabled people’s organisations and charities, to rightly bring disabled voices into the heart of Government.
The Office for Disability Issues transferred to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019. It joined the race disparity unit and the Government Equalities Office to be part of the new Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office. The new cross-departmental disability unit will work closely with disabled people, and disabled people’s organisations and charities, to rightly bring disabled voices into the heart of Government.
The Office for Disability Issues transferred to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019. It joined the race disparity unit and the Government Equalities Office to be part of the new Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office. The new cross-departmental disability unit will work closely with disabled people, and disabled people’s organisations and charities, to rightly bring disabled voices into the heart of Government.
For what reason responsibility for the Office for Disability Issues transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office.
Ministers will be aware that the DWP is currently preparing a cross-government national disability strategy. At the same time, the DWP has lost the cross-government Office for Disability Issues, as it has been subsumed into the Cabinet Office’s Equalities Hub. Do the Government believe that this will enhance or detract from the eventual national disability strategy? It must surely be to its detriment.
Ministers will be aware that the DWP is currently preparing a cross-government national disability strategy. At the same time, the DWP has lost the cross-government Office for Disability Issues, as it has been subsumed into the Cabinet Office’s Equalities Hub. Do the Government believe that this will enhance or detract from the eventual national disability strategy? It must surely be to its detriment.
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue and highlighting that it is part of the Cabinet Office’s Equalities Hub. In the meantime, the Department for Work and Pensions is bringing forward a Green Paper in the coming months to see how the welfare system can work with our claimants and people with health conditions. We have already done roundtables and workshops on this. This is a priority for this Government and my Department. Whether it sits in the Cabinet Office or not, it remains a priority that we will work together on.
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue and highlighting that it is part of the Cabinet Office’s Equalities Hub. In the meantime, the Department for Work and Pensions is bringing forward a Green Paper in the coming months to see how the welfare system can work with our claimants and people with health conditions. We have already done roundtables and workshops on this. This is a priority for this Government and my Department. Whether it sits in the Cabinet Office or not, it remains a priority that we will work together on.
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue and highlighting that it is part of the Cabinet Office’s Equalities Hub. In the meantime, the Department for Work and Pensions is bringing forward a Green Paper in the coming months to see how the welfare system can work with our claimants and people with health conditions. We have already done roundtables and workshops on this. This is a priority for this Government and my Department. Whether it sits in the Cabinet Office or not, it remains a priority that we will work together on.
Ministers will be aware that the DWP is currently preparing a cross-government national disability strategy. At the same time, the DWP has lost the cross-government Office for Disability Issues, as it has been subsumed into the Cabinet Office’s Equalities Hub. Do the Government believe that this will enhance or detract from the eventual national disability strategy? It must surely be to its detriment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff worked in the Office for Disability Issues on 1 June 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff worked in the Office for Disability Issues on 1 June 2019.
There were 15.5 full-time equivalent staff working in the Office for Disability Issues on 1 June 2019.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff work in the Disability Unit of the Equalities Hub.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff work in the Disability Unit of the Equalities Hub.
The Office for Disability Issues transferred to Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019 through a Machinery of Government change.
Details of the change were set out in a Written Ministerial Statement at the time.
As of the end of February 2020, there are 23.6 FTE equivalents working in the Disability Unit at the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason responsibility for the Office for Disability Issues was transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason responsibility for the Office for Disability Issues was transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Equalities Hub in the Cabinet Office.
The Office for Disability Issues transferred to Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019 through a Machinery of Government change.
Details of the change were set out in a Written Ministerial Statement at the time.
As of the end of February 2020, there are 23.6 FTE equivalents working in the Disability Unit at the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Government has made on establishing a new cross-government disability team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Government has made on establishing a new cross-government disability team.
On 25 June the Government announced that a cross-government Disability Unit would be created. Since then the Cabinet Office has recruited officials from across government, including secondees from DWP, BEIS, DCMS, DfT, DHSC, MHCLG, MoJ and ONS.
Officials from the Office for Disability Issues in the Department of Work and Pensions will transfer to the new Disability Unit in November 2019. The Disability Unit will sit alongside the Government Equalities Office and the Race Disparity Unit in a new Cabinet Office Equalities Hub.
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:
This written statement confirms that the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) will transfer to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019 through a Machinery of Government change.
The ODI...
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:
This written statement confirms that the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) will transfer to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019 through a Machinery of Government change.
The ODI...
This written statement confirms that the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) will transfer to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019 through a Machinery of Government change.
The ODI will be incorporated into the newly established cross-government disability team based in Cabinet Office. This move...
This written statement confirms that the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) will transfer to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019 through a Machinery of Government change.
The ODI will be incorporated into the newly established cross-government disability team based in Cabinet Office. This move...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currenty employed directly by the Office for Disability Issues; and how many people were employed by the Office for Disability Issues at the end of each calendar year since its inception in 2005.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currenty employed directly by the Office for Disability Issues; and how many people were employed by the Office for Disability Issues at the end of each calendar year since its inception in 2005.
On 9 May 2019 the current number of staff in Office for Disability Issues is 16.
The numbers of staff in preceding years was;
1 Jan 2019 | 15 |
1 Jan 2018 | 11.5 |
1 Jan 2017 | 13.65 |
1 Jan 2016 | 20.4 |
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Information not available between April 2012 to December 2015 as the ODI data was subsumed into that of a larger team.
For 2010 to 2012 figures are available for end of financial year only
March 2012 | 29 |
March 2011 | 42 |
March 2010 | 48 |
Prior to March 2010 no information is available due to the ODI data being subsumed into that of a larger team.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what projects the Office for Disability Issues are currently working on.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what projects the Office for Disability Issues are currently working on.
The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) works across government to support and develop policies that deliver the Government vision - to create a society that works for everyone, where all can participate fully, and be included in society.
Departments have a responsibility to make sure their policies take account of disabled people and we are supporting a wide range of Departments across Government to fulfil their obligations to disabled people.
As well as seeking to support a range of departments on issues such as built environment, employment, transport, social care, education, sport etc - current ODI led projects include:
- Developing and supporting the new Disability and Society Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), chaired by the Rt Hon Esther McVey – to drive forward action across government to tackle the barriers disabled people face to realise their full participation in society, including increasing disability employment rates and improving access to culture, sport and transport.
- Working across departments to further the implementation of the UN Convention Rights of Disabled People, reviewing the recommendations from the UN review in 2017 to address key issues and report as required to the UN.
- Reinvigorating Government stakeholder engagement to ask disabled people what issues they want Government to address as priorities, and input at the right stages to inform policy development and delivery. This includes delivering new face to face and online forums across England, enabling and encouraging individuals and user led organisations across England to play an active part in shaping government policy.
- Working with fourteen Ministerial appointed Sector Champions to work within their sector identifying barriers disabled people face and working pro-actively to remove them where possible.
- OpenLab – curating a website and virtual community that promotes technology and technological developments for disabled people.
- Accessible communications – leading a project to help other departments fulfil their obligations under the Equality Act and raise awareness in Government of the need for information to be provided in alternative communications formats for some disabled people. Producing guidance for all departments to support them.
- Working with the assistance dog sector to design a standard to address issues concerning access to services
In line with good practice on non-departmental public bodies, the Office for Disability Issues commissioned an internal review of 'Equality 2025: the UK Advisory Network on Disability Equality' in June 2009. The review recognised that Equality 2025's remit of offering Government advice and expertise on disability equality issues remains valid...
In line with good practice on non-departmental public bodies, the Office for Disability Issues commissioned an internal review of 'Equality 2025: the UK Advisory Network on Disability Equality' in June 2009. The review recognised that Equality 2025's remit of offering Government advice and expertise on disability equality issues remains valid...
My honourable friend the Minister for Disabled People (Jonathan Shaw) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In line with good practice on non-departmental public bodies, the Office for Disability Issues commissioned an internal review of Equality 2025: the UK Advisory Network on Disability Equality in June 2009. The review...
My honourable friend the Minister for Disabled People (Jonathan Shaw) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In line with good practice on non-departmental public bodies, the Office for Disability Issues commissioned an internal review of Equality 2025: the UK Advisory Network on Disability Equality in June 2009. The review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff are employed by the Office for Disability Issues; and how much has been spent on its operation in each year since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff are employed by the Office for Disability Issues; and how much has been spent on its operation in each year since its inception.
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | Total spend 2005-09 | |
| Total spend on Administration | 1,811,762 | 2,887,502 | 5,761,253 | 5,362,035 | 15,822,552 |
| Total spend on Office for Disability Issues Programme | 4,245,283 | 1,815,043 | 2,600,995 | 2,791,698 | 11,453,019 |
| Total spend on Equality 2025 Programme | 0 | 353,974 | 531,085 | 506,000 | 1,391,059 |
| Total yearly spend by the Office for Disability Issues | 6,057,045 | 5,056,519 | 8,893,333 | 8,659,733 | 28,666,630 |
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| Office for Disability Issues end of year management accounts 2005-2009. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times the ministerial group overseeing the Office for Disability Issues has met; who was present at each meeting; and what was discussed at each meeting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times the ministerial group overseeing the Office for Disability Issues has met; who was present at each meeting; and what was discussed at each meeting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff the Office for Disability Issues employs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff the Office for Disability Issues employs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many times the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families has attended meetings of the Office for Disability Issues since its establishment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many times the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families has attended meetings of the Office for Disability Issues since its establishment.