Policy papers and consultations

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

• Disability Action Plan

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

• Annex A: list of actions

  Support disabled people who want to be elected to public office Action 1…

• Disability Action Plan (British Sign Language)

  YouTube playlist: Disability Action Plan in British Sign Language (BSL)

• Disability Action Plan (audio version)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYajoedZ2W8

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

• Shaping future support: the health and disability green paper

  Foreword My priority as Minister for Disabled People is to make sure that…

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

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 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

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