Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2017 to Question 107411 on Social Security Benefits; Disability, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on willingness of employers to recruit deaf employees of the Access to Work scheme not meeting the cost of workplace support beyond an employer's obligation to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act.

Employer willingness to address the cost of workplace support beyond an employer's obligation to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act is discussed in Paras 3.1.12 to 3.1.14 of The Equality Analysis for the future of Access to Work, published in May 2015, which can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426416/future-of-access-to-work-equality-analysis.pdf