Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how (a) many employers in East Renfrewshire signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme and (b) that scheme is promoted to employers.

As of 22 September 2017 there were 5,162 employers signed up to Disability Confident nationally. This total includes 76 employers registered in the Glasgow West District, which takes in East Renfrewshire constituency. Information is not collected at Parliamentary Constituency level.

An up-to-date list of Disability Confident employers can be viewed or downloaded from gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up

Efforts to promote Disability Confident to employers are being led by The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group, which comprises prominent national businesses and industrial and professional membership bodies. The Group encourage and support other employers to sign up.

Disability Confident is also promoted to employers via a wide range of Government activities including press releases, social media, events, conferences and links to the Gov.Uk site.