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Select Committee on the Equality Act meets today
06 July 2015 | News
Today, at 3.30, the Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability will hear from senior officials at the Government Equalities Office and the Department for Work and Pensions
The questioning is likely to focus on the position of disabled people under the Equality Act 2010 as compared to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, reasonable adjustment of premises, transport, enforcement of rights, and the Public Sector Equality Duty.
Our response HE targeted support review
03 June 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK response to the Business, Innovation and Skills call for evidence on the ...
Read our response to MPs PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry
09 November 2017 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee launched an inquiry into the effectiveness of assessments for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Our response to Outcome Based Success Measures: The Next Stage
01 December 2015 | News
... It builds on the findings of an earlier Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) consultation published ...
Scottish Govt must mitigate bedroom tax effects
19 May 2014 | News
The Scottish Affairs Committee publishes its report: The Impact of the Bedroom Tax in Scotland: devolving the DHP (Discretionary Housing Payments) cap.
The Committee calls once more for a clear commitment from the Scottish Government that it will use its chosen method of mitigating the effects of the bedroom tax - Discretionary Housing Payments or DHPs – to mitigate all the financial impact of the bedroom tax, both past and present, on tenants in Scotland.
Disability Mentoring Coordinator Vacancy with Pearson!
25 July 2019 | News
... gain 3 years professional experience, study a BA (Hons) Business Management degree at Pearson Business School and have your tuition fees paid in full. ...
MPs question DWP medical assessors about the quality of their medical assessments
05 December 2017 | News
On Wednesday 6 December 2017 the Work and Pensions Committee questioned DWP medical assessors Atos, Capita and Maximus who carry out the medical assessments for disability benefits PIP and ESA.
The Committee was putting the disturbing evidence it has heard so far to them. The Committee also published the contractors' written evidence ahead of their oral testimony.
Ensuring employers comply with National Minimum Wage regulations
10 May 2016 | News
... Morse, head of the National Audit Office The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) re-classified the ...
Our response to the Disabled Students Allowance public consultation
27 September 2015 | News
... in higher education: funding proposals This Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) consultation was the ...
Child residence tests breach human rights
29 June 2014 | News
Childrens' residence tests breach their rights, says Human Rights Committee
In their new Report the Joint Committee on Human Rights concludes that the impact of a new proposed legal aid residence test on children will lead to breaches by the United Kingdom of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) because it will in practice prevent children from being effectively represented in legal proceedings which affect them.