Asked
Whether her Department has assessed employer attitudes towards disabled employees and the extent to which such attitudes affect recruitment and retention.
Reply
Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 170 tabled · 163 answered
Written questions by George.
Every parliamentary written question tabled by Andrew George this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Department:All (170)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (35)Department of Health and Social Care (24)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (17)Department for Work and Pensions (16)Cabinet Office (14)Treasury (14)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (10)Department for Education (8)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (7)Department for Business and Trade (6)Women and Equalities (5)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (4)
Showing 1–5 of 5 · Women and Equalities
Asked
What priority the Government has assigned to extending pay gap reporting beyond gender to include race and disability.
Reply
We will bring ethnicity and disability pay gap legislation forward as soon as parliamentary time allows. In March 2026 we published the government response to the mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting consultation, which included indicative...
Asked
Whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory disability pay gap reporting; whether this will be included within the scope of the proposed Equality (Race and Disability) Bill; and what the expected timet
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We will bring ethnicity and disability pay gap legislation forward as soon as parliamentary time allows. In March 2026 we published the government response to the mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting consultation, which included indicative...
Asked
What assessment she has made of the reasons for the delay in bringing forward the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill; and whether she plans to include this Bill in the forthcoming parliamentary timetable.
Reply
We will bring ethnicity and disability pay gap legislation forward as soon as parliamentary time allows. In March 2026 we published the government response to the mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting consultation, which included indicative...
Asked
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on disabled people.
Reply
We want disabled people, where they can, to be able to thrive in work. The current system traps people out of work, so the UK, uniquely in the G7, still has a lower employment rate than before the pandemic. The Bill removes work disincentives, increasing the Universal Credit Standard Allowance above inflation for the first time ever.
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