Committees

National Disability Strategy

Inquiry

A Women and Equalities Committee inquiry to scrutinise the implementation and further development of the Government’s National Disability Strategy, which was published in July 2021.

Accessibility of products and services to disabled people

Inequalities in healthcare and employment for people with a learning disability and autistic people

Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry (also available in Easy Read, British Sign Language and audio only formats).

In July 2023 the Government launched a consultation on its proposed Disability Action Plan, inviting responses by 6 October 2023.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Sunday 24 July 2022.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Large Print - Accessibility of products and services to disabled people
Inquiry National Disability Strategy
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Large print - Accessibility of products and services to disabled people: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report
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Fourth Report - Accessibility of products and services to disabled people
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Accessibility of products and services to disabled people: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report
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Easy read government response - Accessibility of products and services for disabled people
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Sixth Report - Inequalities in healthcare and employment for people with a learning disability and autistic people
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, relating to Disabled Students Allowance, dated 15 January 2024
Inquiry National Disability Strategy
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Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Health relating to the National Disability Strategy
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Letter from the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on the National Disability Strategy
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Oral evidence transcripts

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5 July 2023
Inquiry National Disability Strategy
Witnesses Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, Cabinet Office, Department of Health and Social Care, and Department for Work and Pensions
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17 May 2023
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Witnesses Business Disability Forum, Purple, Research Institute for Disabled Consumers, and The Royal Institute of Blind People
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26 April 2023
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Witnesses National Autistic Society, National Autistic Society, The Royal Mencap Society, The Royal Mencap Society, Jim Blair, and Care England
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Written evidence

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HM Government (NDS0047)
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Central YMCA (NDS0031)
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Anonymised (NDS0009)
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Government Responses
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