Briefings and submissions

Disability Rights UK briefings, responses and submissions in subject order

We are disabled people leading change, working for equal participation for all - See Our priorities for 2016-19

1. All aspects of our work

2. Independent living: getting a life

3. Career opportunities – getting work, education and skills

4. Influencing public attitudes and behaviours

1. All aspects of our work

2016

Our response to the JCHR on the rights implications of Brexit - October 2016

2. Independent living: getting a life

Benefits

2019

Disability Rights UK submission to the Justice Committee inquiry into the access to justice implications of HMCTS of reforms - 11 March 2019

Disability Rights UK submission to Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry on natural migration to Universal Credit - 13 February 2019

2018

DR UK response to the Welfare Safety Net Inquiry - 14 December 2018

Disability Rights UK response to SSAC consultation on Government proposal to move claimants on 'legacy' benefits to Universal Credit - 17 August 2018

Briefings for debate on challenges facing disabled people in UK - 28 June 2018

Adequate opportunities, incomes and benefits in an inclusive economy – Presentation by Philip Connolly to Office for Budget Responsibility - 1 May 2018

Response to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and DWP consultation on supported housing – 24 January 2018

2017

Our response to Work and Pensions Committee PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry - November 2017

Disability Rights UK response to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - 18 April 2017

Our response to the DWP Funding for Supported Housing Consultation - 2 February 2017

2016

Our response to the Ministry of Justice consultation on assisted digital strategy, online conviction and statutory fixed fines - 29 November 2016 (Government's response)

Our response to the Ministry of Justice Consultation on panel composition in tribunals - 29 November 2016

ESA WRAG cut briefing - 17 November 2016

Our response to Self-sufficient local government: 100% Business Rates Retention consultation - 26 September 2016

Our response to the PIP second independent review call for evidence - 16 September 2016

Disability Rights UK submission to National Audit Office study: Benefit Sanctions - June 2016

PIP reform briefing - 18 March 2016

2015

Our submission for the Parliamentary review on the proposed £30 week cut to ESA - 13 November 2015

Submission to the Work and Welfare Reform Bill scrutiny committee in respect of the amendments laid as of 8 October 2015 - October 2015

Welfare Reform and Work Bill: Joint briefing on support for housing costs for 18-21 year olds - October 2015

Our response to the Welfare to Work Inquiry - September 2015

ILF transfers: Check your area (FOI requests) - 24 April 2015

2014

Disability Rights UK submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into benefits sanctions policy - October 2014

Fifth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) response - August 2014

2013

Fourth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) response - September 2013

Response to the Social Security Advisory Committee on the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 - October 2013

2012

Public Accounts Committee Contract management of medical services: oral evidence. - November 2012

Department for Work and Pensions Mandatory consideration of revision before appeal. Our response. - September 2012

Social Security Advisory Committee Universal credit and related regulations. Our submission. - July 2012

Department for Work and Pensions PIP: completing the detailed design. Our response. - July 2012

Department for Work and Pensions Independence Payment: assessment criteria and thresholds. Our response. - May 2012

Harrington review - year one, two and three responses

2011

Department for Communities and Local Government Localising Support for council tax. Our response. - October 2011

Department for Work and Pensions Disability Living Allowance Reform. Our submission (by Disability Alliance). - February 2011

Care and support

2018

Disability Rights UK response to the LGA report on adult social care - 25 September 2018

2016

Evidence on Adult social care to the Select Committee for Communities and Local Government – August 2016

2015

No Voice Unheard, No Rights Ignored response - June 2015

Transfer of Independent Living Fund recipients - FOIs regarding LA intentions and what is happening in your area - April 2015

Joint review of health and care sector investment in Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations - March 2015

2014

Care Act Guidance and Regulations Response - August 2014

Briefing on the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) - April 2014

2013

Disability Rights UK response to joint committee report on Draft Care and Support Bill - 21 March 2013

2012

The future of the independent living fund. Our response - 18 December 2012

Department for Work and Pensions Extending the Right to Control pilots – our response. - October 2012

Department for Work and Pensions The future of the independent living fund. Our response. - October 2012

Office for Disability Issues Fulfilling Potential: working together to empower disabled people. All responses. - March 2012

Health

2018

Submission to the Mental Health Act review - 23 January 2018

2017

Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance for CCGs - October 2017

2015

Consultation Questions on Voluntary Sector Investment Programme - November 2015

VCSE Review consultation response - November 2015

2014

Next Steps towards Primary Care Co-Commissioning - feedback - 2014

NHS Standard Contract consultation response - September 2014

Commissioning VCS paper - 2014

2013

LINks good practice online resources - May 2013

Commissioning a People Powered NHS – feedback to guidance on individual and collective involvement duties - May 2013

Department of Health: Strengthening the NHS constitution: our response - January 2013

2012

health and social care reforms at a glance – November 2012

Department for Health: NHS Draft Mandate – our response. - October 2012

Department of Health: No decision about us without us – patients and the public as partners in health improvement. Guidance on collective involvement duty for clinical commissioning groups. Our response. - October 2012

Sport and leisure

2015

Our response to the new strategy for sport consultation - October 2015

Transport

2018

Our response to the Blue Badge scheme consultation on eligibility - 16 March 2018

2017

Our response to the draft transport accessibility action plan consultation - November 2017

2014

Disability Rights UK’s response to the Bus Conduct regulations consultation with regard to wheelchair access - December 2014 (see Government response)

2012

Department for Transport the abolition of the disabled persons’ transport advisory committee - September 2012

3. Career opportunities – getting work, education and skills

Education

2015

Our response to Outcome Based Success Measures: The Next Stage - December 2015

Response to BIS consultation onthe Disabled Students’ Allowance – September 2015

Response to the guidance on Disabled Student Allowance from Disability Rights UK – January 2015

2014

Our response to Outcome based success measures for adult further education - October 2014

Special educational needs and disability data descriptors consultation response - September 2014

Response to Future Development of Loans in Further Education – August 2014

2013

Response to consultation on Draft 0-25 Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice, Draft Regulations and Transitional Arrangements - December 2013. See Government's response.

Shared Briefing for the Lords Report Stage of the Children and Families Bill - December 2013

Children and Families Bill briefing - second reading in Lords - 2 July 2013

Disability Rights UK response to the Business, Innovation and Skills call for evidence on the review of targeted support for Higher Education students - May 2013

Disability Rights UK submission to the Children and Famillies Bill Committee - 21 March 2013

A briefing on the Children and Families Bill/ SEN and LDA reform - January 2013

2012

Education Select Committee Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Children and Families Bill: our submission - November 2012

Evidence relating to Part 3 Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - November 2012

Department for Education Support and Aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability – progress and next steps. Our response. - May 2012

Evidence relating to Part 3 Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - March 2012

2011

Department for Education Response to Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs and Disability - July 2011

Department for Education Support and Aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability – progress and next steps. Our response. - May 2011

Skills

2018

DR UK submission to the BEIS Select committee inquiry on the Industrial strategy, sector deals and productivity – 30 October 2018

DR UK briefing on government initiatives to increase apprenticeships for disabled people - 22 May 2018

Our response to the T level programmes consultation - 8 February 2018

2015

Making Community: The Wider Role of Makerspaces in Public Life - December 2015

Closing the disability skills gap (January 2015) is a summary based on two Disability Rights UK reports

2014

Response to traineeship funding reform - August 2014

2013

Briefing on Careers guidance: Government action plan - September 2013

Work

2018

Adequate opportunities, incomes and benefits in an inclusive economy – Presentation by Philip Connolly to Office for Budget Responsibility - 1 May 2018

2017

Careers Guidance And Advice For Disabled Young People – November 2017

Disability Rights UK submission to the Taylor Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy - May 2017

DR UK response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy consultation “Building our Industrial Strategy” - 13 April 2017

Disability Rights UK submission to the Department of Work and Pensions the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper “Improving Lives” - 17 February 2017

2016

Disability Rights UK briefing statement on the DWP green paper: “Improving Lives” - November 2016

Disability Rights UK submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into halving the disability employment gap - May 2016

2015

Our response to the Welfare to Work Inquiry - September 2015

Response to the consultation on preventing misuse of the term ‘apprenticeships’ in relation to unauthorised training response form - August 2015

2014

Disability Rights UK submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into Access to Work - June 2014

2013

DWP Commissioning Strategy – Welfare to Work Outcomes and Services - September 2013

4. Influencing public attitudes and behaviours

Human rights

2019

Disability Rights UK submission to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on the Voluntary National Review of UK progress against the Sustainable Development Goals - April 2019

2015

Supplementary Submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability - September 2015

2012

Press portrayal of disabled people: a rise in hostility fuelled by austerity? - September 2012

Home Office Repeal of enforcement provisions in the Equality Act 2010. Disability Charities Consortium’s response. - August 2012

Home Office Employer liability for harassment of employees by third parties. Disability Charities Consortium’s response - August 2012

Stopping hate crime

2013

Response to Law Commission consultation: Hate crime: the case for extending the existing offences – September 2013