Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2022 to Question 46209 on Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which provisions in domestic legislation reflect and give effect to the rights of disabled people under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

This Government remains committed to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which we ratified in 2009, and the progressive realisation of rights for disabled people that it sets out. We continue to reform and modernise our public services and welfare system to ensure that disabled people are able to participate in every aspect of society.

Although the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is not incorporated into domestic law, the Equality Act 2010 provides in domestic legislation protections for people in Great Britain against discrimination, harassment or victimisation because of any of the nine protected characteristics set out in the Act – which include disability. It also includes the public sector equality duty to promote equality of opportunity for all. Equivalent provisions for Northern Ireland are set out in a range of devolved legislation.