Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether representatives of the Government were invited to attend the meeting of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva on 28 August 2023.

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities informed the UK Government of the public hearing which was held on 28 August 2023. It was arranged in relation to the Committee’s review of the UK Government’s follow-up reports to the 2016 inquiry under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

This Government has followed all of the Committee’s rules and procedures, and agreed with the Committee to attend this non-compulsory hearing at the Committee’s session in March 2024. At this hearing, representatives of the UK Government will provide further information on the UK’s progress, as agreed by the Committee. We remain strongly committed to implementing the Convention and improving the lives of disabled people.