Government Departments: Equality

(asked on 15th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish the accessibility guidance that issued by his Department to the (a) Head of Digital Communications and (b) Director of Communications in each Government Department on their accessibility obligations under the Equality Act.


Answered by
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Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 20th May 2020

It is vital that public health information reaches everyone across the United Kingdom. The Cabinet Office has issued internal guidance to every government department reiterating their duties under the Equality Act 2010. This is to ensure that all communications are fully accessible in order that they reach everyone in appropriate, inclusive formats.

We have already shared this guidance with the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and Action on Hearing Loss (AoHL) because we have been working closely with them during this time.

The internal guidance to departments will be placed in the House of Commons Library.

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