Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January to Question 131286 on Disability: Government Assistance, what recent progress his Department has made on launching the consultation on the Disability Action Plan.

We are planning to consult on the Disability Action Plan this summer and to publish the final plan once we have fully considered the consultation responses. This consultation in the summer will be an opportunity for everyone - disabled people, disabled people’s organisations, other interested parties - to have their say on the Disability Action Plan. It will be fully accessible to ensure that disabled people can take part. We will consider all responses to the consultation carefully before publishing the final Disability Action Plan.