Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64042

Equal Pay: Disability

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the disability pay gap.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Equalities Ministers have been engaging with Ministerial colleagues as we develop the policy on disability pay gap reporting, including on the proposals in our recent consultation, and will continue to do so.