Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Anna Dixon and Emma Lewell-Buck

Thursday 28th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Anna Dixon (Shipley) (Lab)]

5. What steps the Church is taking to support people that are housebound due to a disability.

[Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)]

7. What steps the Church is taking to support people that are housebound due to a disability.

[Marsha De Cordova]

I welcome the timely questions from my hon. Friends as we are in the middle of Disability History Month. The Church has started a project to support local parishes to adapt their buildings to make our churches more accessible. It includes standardising signage to make accessibility obvious, training for church leaders and staff, and a grant scheme for adaptations. The Church also continues to develop worship and educational resources, which are available nationally to people who are housebound and their carers.