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Reasonable Adjustments

Commons · Question 84512 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to (a) employers and (b) service providers on making reasonable adjustments for people with (i) misophonia and (ii) other sensory conditions.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 11 Nov 2025

All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ in the workplace where a disabled employee, would otherwise be put at a substantial disadvantage compared with their colleagues. The Equality and Human Rights Commissio...