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Written Question
Arts Council England: Staff
Wednesday 11th February 2026

Asked by: Lord Shinkwin (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of Arts Council England staff are disabled at each pay quartile.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The table outlines the proportion of disabled and non-disabled members of Arts Council England (ACE) staff in each quartile’ between April 2024 and March 2025. Unlike gender pay gap data, there are no requirements or guidance on how disability pay gap data must be collected or reported.

Quartile

Disabled %

Non-disabled %

First (lower) quartile

19.70%

74.60%

Second quartile

19.10%

75.70%

Third quartile

17.30%

79.20%

Fourth (upper) quartile

9.30%

87.80%

ACE are only able to provide such data based on the information staff choose to disclose, and so these figures are based on those who have identified as one of i) disabled, ii) not disabled, or iii) prefer not to say. Please note that this data does not add up to 100% because a number of ACE staff chose ‘prefer not to say’ when asked to disclose their status.

ACE has undertaken a number of initiatives in recent years to increase recruitment prospects for disabled candidates at both the attraction and selection stages. For example, ACE explicitly welcomes applications from people with experience of disability for roles such as National Council positions, which shows their intention to broaden applicant pools at the attraction stage.

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