Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his department's consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what steps he is taking to help ensure that disabled people can respond to that consultation.

To help ensure that disabled people and people with long term conditions can access and respond to Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper, the Green Paper was published in standard and five alternative formats:

• Large print
• Braille
• Easy Read
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Audio

All formats can be accessed via the web page here.

We encourage everyone to respond to the consultation, so that we are able to hear from disabled people, people with health conditions, representatives, and others on these important issues.

It is possible to respond via the online form, via email or by post. If anybody has difficulty responding, they can ask a representative to support them or respond on their behalf.