Employment: Learning Disability and Neurodiversity
Commons · Question 80155 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage businesses to increase the employment of (a) neurodivergent people and (b) people with learning disabilities.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 20 Oct 2025
In its plan to Make Work Pay, the government committed to raising awareness of all forms of neurodiversity in the workplace. Employers have a key role to play in helping neurodivergent people and people with learning disabilities get into and thrive at wo...