Policy papers and consultations

This consultation seeks views on the approaches government should consider around modernising the welfare system for people with disabilities and health conditions.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 29 April 2024

• Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper

  Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by…

• Evidence Pack: Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper

  Analytical Evidence Pack This is a summary of analysis to support the…

• Audio: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper

  Cover and Contents - YouTube Ministerial Forward - YouTube Executive…

• British Sign Language: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper

  Part 1 Part 1 British Sign Language: Modernising support for independent…

How we provide additional support to our customers and our future plans, considering new technology and modernisation of our services.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 19 March 2024

• Additional Support for DWP Customers: booklet

  1. Background In the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) we are…

• Cymorth ychwanegol i gwsmeriaid DWP: llyfryn

  1. Cefndir Yn yr Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau (DWP) rydym wedi ymrwymo i…

We are seeking views on the proposed Disability Action Plan and the new areas for action it includes. We want to hear from as many people as possible.

• From: Disability Unit and 1 others
• Updated: 5 February 2024

• Disability Action Plan 2023 to 2024: consultation document

  Ministerial foreword At the heart of this government’s agenda is the…

• Annex A: consultation questions

  Annex A: Consultation questions This page brings all of the consultation…

• Annex B: Privacy notice for Cabinet Office consultations

  This notice sets out how we will use your personal data, and your rights.…

• Disability Action Plan 2023 to 2024: consultation document (British Sign Language)

  Disability Action Plan 2023 to 2024: consultation document (British Sign…

The Disability Action Plan sets out the immediate actions the government will take in 2024 to improve disabled people’s everyday lives and lays the foundations for longer-term change.

• From: Disability Unit and 1 others
• Updated: 5 February 2024

The health and disability green paper explores how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and in the future, enabling people to live independently and move into …

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 15 March 2023

A response to the recommendations issued to the UK by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

• From: Disability Unit
• Updated: 21 December 2022

This strategy sets out the actions the government will take to improve the everyday lives of all disabled people.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and 2 others
• Updated: 2 December 2022

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) response to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) report about how DWP involves disabled people when developing or evaluating programmes that affect them.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
• Updated: 21 July 2022

This Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office strategy upholds the UK’s ambitious approach for our work with and for people with disabilities around the world.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 31 May 2022

Care Leaver Covenant offer from the Department for International Trade.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for International Trade
• Updated: 10 August 2020

SSAC are consulting on how DWP engage with disabled people in formulating policies and processes which affect them.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
• Updated: 23 March 2020

Have your say on proposals to introduce mandatory learning disability and autism training for health and care staff.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 5 November 2019

The UK's response to select concluding observations from the United Nations' first periodic review of the rights of disabled people and wider progress report.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
• Updated: 14 October 2019

The Charter for Change – the principal legacy document of the Global Disability Summit: view the Charter and the list of organisations signed up.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 4 March 2019

Plans for a new law about how someone can be ordered to be looked after safely if they cannot make decisions for themselves.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 31 January 2019

Examines the potential impact on protected groups of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to replace current legislation with Liberty Protection Safeguards.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 17 December 2018

The plan sets out how the government will improve support for carers in England over the next 2 years.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 7 others
• Updated: 13 September 2018

Setting out a plan for action for the recommendations of the LeDeR 2nd annual report.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 12 September 2018

How DHSC and other organisations monitor the updates to the progress of the autism strategy.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 25 July 2018

DHSC response to the Law Commission's consultation on mental capacity and deprivation of liberty standards.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 3 April 2018