Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what percentage of disabled people are on the electoral register.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 23 November is attached.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she plans to appoint a Minister for Disabled People.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
My hon. Friend, the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho), has been appointed Minister for Disabled People. A summary of her responsibilities can be found on gov.uk here:
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to ensure all Government communication is in an accessible format.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
We are committed to ensuring that government communications are available and accessible across multiple channels and in a number of alternative formats in order to meet a range of needs. The Government’s most crucial content is available in alternative accessibility formats including Easy Read, large text formats, videos with British Sign Language interpretation and audio. Speeches from the Prime Minister are also made available in transcript form on GOV.UK, aligning with accessibility standards.
Following Royal Assent of the British Sign Language (BSL) Act (2022) and the legal recognition of British Sign Language as a language of England, Wales and Scotland, the Government Communication Service will promote and facilitate the use of British Sign Language in communications with the public, where appropriate. We are currently developing our plans to do this and will be reporting on our progress via the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the balance of trade for Standard Industrial Classification groups (a) J.58.1, (b) J.58.2, (c) J.60, (d) J.62, (e) M.72 and (f) R.90 in each of the last five years.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 2nd September is attached.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he or his Office have had with representatives of companies with powers under the Electronic Communications Code since March 2021.
Answered by Boris Johnson
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk as part of the government’s transparency agenda.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths due to covid-19 of immunocompromised people there were (a) in the last week, (b) in the last month and (c) since January 2022.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 22 April is attached.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what recent steps his Department has taken on seeking regular feedback from different groups of stakeholders to ensure the Government is able to communicate effectively with people with different disabilities.
Answered by Nigel Adams
Government Communications teams regularly engage with disability charities as well as a wide range of stakeholder groups in order to better understand and manage those varying audiences' needs and preferences.
The Government’s response to COVID-19 significantly improved our overall communications approach in providing important public information to a wide range of audiences, including those with disabilities. As an example, key government publications on COVID have been published and made available in accessible formats, and communications materials have been made available in formats such as large print, BSL, audio and video.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, whether his Department has nominated a senior civil servant to champion accessible communications across government.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Claire Pimm, Director of Communications, National Resilience Hub is the nominated senior civil servant to champion accessible communications across government.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published July 2021, what recent steps his Department has taken on (a) encouraging and supporting workplace disability networks, (b) achieving and maintaining the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensuring responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) developing and embedding flexible working.
Answered by Michael Ellis
For management and staffing purposes Downing Street is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
The Cabinet Office has a disability network, known as the ABLE network. The ABLE network is supported through a number of wider disability specific communities. At the Civil Service level, the ABLE Chair meets with other Disability chairs at the Civil Service Diversity Network where best practice is shared at the CS level. In addition, the Cabinet Office supports ABLE’s membership of Purple Space where all disabled network colleagues have the choice to link up with disability networks across the Purple Space community which has cross sector membership where disability inclusion knowledge is shared across different organisations.
Cabinet Office was reaccredited as a Disability Confident Leader in January 2021. This is the highest level of accreditation that can be achieved for the scheme.
The Cabinet Office Adjustments team is a dedicated resource within the Department that provides advice to employees and managers. The team aims to respond to all requests for assistance within three working days. For employees requiring workplace adjustments, the team provides end-to-end support to managers to implement physical adjustments. Managers are also supported by a Casework Service provided by MoJ (the Cabinet Office third party supplier) on the implementation of non-physical adjustments.
The Cabinet Office embraces flexible working and this is often used as workplace adjustment to enable colleagues to work to their full potential.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published July 2021, what recent steps No. 10 Downing Street has taken on (a) encouraging and supporting workplace disability networks, (b) achieving and maintaining the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensuring responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) developing and embedding flexible working.
Answered by Michael Ellis
For management and staffing purposes Downing Street is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
The Cabinet Office has a disability network, known as the ABLE network. The ABLE network is supported through a number of wider disability specific communities. At the Civil Service level, the ABLE Chair meets with other Disability chairs at the Civil Service Diversity Network where best practice is shared at the CS level. In addition, the Cabinet Office supports ABLE’s membership of Purple Space where all disabled network colleagues have the choice to link up with disability networks across the Purple Space community which has cross sector membership where disability inclusion knowledge is shared across different organisations.
Cabinet Office was reaccredited as a Disability Confident Leader in January 2021. This is the highest level of accreditation that can be achieved for the scheme.
The Cabinet Office Adjustments team is a dedicated resource within the Department that provides advice to employees and managers. The team aims to respond to all requests for assistance within three working days. For employees requiring workplace adjustments, the team provides end-to-end support to managers to implement physical adjustments. Managers are also supported by a Casework Service provided by MoJ (the Cabinet Office third party supplier) on the implementation of non-physical adjustments.
The Cabinet Office embraces flexible working and this is often used as workplace adjustment to enable colleagues to work to their full potential.