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Disability: Employment

Commons · Question 58498 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on (a) preventing discrimination in (i) agencies and (ii) small recruiters when hiring disabled applicants and (b) monitoring employers' compliance with the Equal Opportun

Answer

Answered by Dame Nia Griffith, 16 Jun 2025

The Government is clear that equality and opportunity for all are at the heart of our programme of national renewal. The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people from discrimination in the workplace, including in recruitment. Guidance has been published...