Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 34932

Employment: Disability

Tabled: 3 March 2025

Answered: 13 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that bodies providing independent validation of organisations seeking Disability Confident Leader status or to renewal of that status are fit for purpose.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The Disability Confident scheme has over 19,000 members and they report over 12 million employees working in their organisations. The scheme is designed as a learning journey with all employers starting at Level 1 and encouraged to progress through the sc...

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