Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64252

Equal Pay: Disability

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has a target for narrowing the disability employment gap.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap as part of an ambition to raise the overall employment rate to 80%. The Government has published a set of key indicators, including the disability employment rate gap, which is monitore...

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