Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 116515

Education and Employment: Disability

Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Peter Dowd

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department holds, including survey data and commissioned research, on the extent to which disabled people identify inaccessible streets and public transport as barriers to accessing em

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department regularly conducts research and analysis that looks at the barriers faced by disabled people such as the ‘Work aspirations and support needs of health and disability customers’ and this can be found on GOV.UK. One way the Department support...

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