Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80936

Reasonable Adjustments: Epilepsy

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure employers provide reasonable adjustments for employees with epilepsy.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ in the workplace where a disabled employee, including employees with epilepsy, would otherwise be put at a substantial disadvantage compared with their colleagues. The ...
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