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Exam Access Arrangements for GCSEs and A-levels: FAQs
06 February 2025 | Resource
... who is eligible, what type of support is available, how to apply, and when to apply. Note: When we say ‘exam ... 5. What evidence do I need for access arrangements? 6. How does my exam centre establish my normal way of working? 7. ... impairments, physical disabilities Social, emotional, and mental health needs – for example, ADHD, depression ...
Covid-19 pandemic shows our benefits system unfit for purpose, says TUC
10 August 2020 | News
... our social security system fit for purpose requires fundamental changes, including scrapping universal credit. The immediate priority, however, is for the government to devise an urgent plan to ... be removed to ensure everyone can access it, no matter how much they earn. Ken Butler DR UK’s Welfare Rights and ...
LibDems publish pre-manifesto
09 September 2014 | News
... help people get back into employment. ensuring people with mental and physical health conditions get the right support to get back to work ... of a public sector provider. ensuring that assessments for Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence ...
Disability Groups Call for More Accessible Housing for Private Renters
29 January 2024 | News
... housing, the most affordable and secure form of tenure. However, the shortage of social housing has meant that ... likely to experience a deterioration in their physical and mental health, are more likely to be admitted to hospital as a ...
Get Set To Go Campaign
13 July 2015 | News
People with mental health problems put off of sport because they are not ‘gym ... body ready’ New research, released today by Mind [1] , shows that four fifths (80 per cent) of people with mental ...
Government To Be Taken To Court Over Work Capability Assessment Reforms
07 May 2024 | News
A Disability rights campaigner has been granted permission to ... “We will specify the circumstances, and physical and mental health conditions, for which LCWRA Substantial Risk should ...
PIP guide and benefits factsheets updated
27 April 2021 | News
... to the coronavirus pandemic. Our Personal Independence Payment guide has been updated as of 21 April 2021. You can ... with universal credit, there is a page that explains how the benefit is worked out . This contains links to pages ...
DR UK response to the Summer Budget
07 July 2015 | News
Commenting on the budget, Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability Rights UK said: “We desperately needed a budget ... event is hard enough; a 30% drop in income makes it much, much, harder. In the meantime we are unclear whether ... allowance is replaced by the new personal independence payment, which has much stricter criteria.“ DR UK response ...
New Work Choice evaluation report
03 July 2013 | News
... support, including those with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. Findings of the report include: Overall, ... participants considered unlikely to achieve employment. DWP does appear to have considered some of these factors within ...
DR UK responds to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Review
26 July 2022 | News
... and exclusions in school. The government did not recognise how much of their "unprecedented investment" has been spent ...