Candidates: Disability
Commons · Question 29278 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to establish a funding scheme to support disabled candidates for elections in England.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 11 Feb 2025
It is the Government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office. The Government takes positive action to promote disabled people’s participation in public life, including protecting disabled people through the Equality Act 2010. In relation t...