Disability: Coronavirus
(asked on 21st October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
What steps the Government is taking to help protect disabled people from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.
This question was answered on 21st October 2020
We are ensuring that disabled people continue to have access to disability benefits and other financial support; the food, medicines and essential goods that they need; as well as accessible communications and updated guidance.
The Department for Work and Pensions are helping disabled people stay in work and enter work through a range of programmes, including Access to Work and Disability Confident, the Work and Health Programme, and the Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme.