To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of social exclusion faced by people with disabilities, as compared with people from minority ethnic backgrounds and LGBT people.
Answered on
18 November 2015
The Equality and Human Rights Commission published its report "Is Britain Fairer?" on 30 October. The report looks at the progress made on equality and human rights over the period 2008-2013, and covers different groups including disabled people. Chapter 8 of the Report deals with "The Individual and Society" and Chapter 9 sets out the issues where, in the report's view, the most significant improvements are required. The report is attached at Annex A
In addition, in July 2013 the Coalition Government published the ‘Fulfilling Potential – Making It Happen’ disability strategy document. Alongside this, it published the ‘Fulfilling Potential Outcomes and Indicators Framework’ designed to monitor progress towards the vision of the Fulfilling Potential strategy. The framework includes measures relating to a number of themes including: education; employment; income; health and wellbeing; choice and control; and inclusive communities. Within inclusive communities, the indicators look at social participation, friends and family and attitudes towards disabled people. An update to the framework was published in September 2014 and is attached at Annex B. A further update to this framework will be published later in November 2015.