PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Candidates: Disability (24 July 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Government has to encourage more candidates with disabilities to stand for elected office.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
The Government is working with disability organisations to help political parties better support disabled candidates. In December 2018, the Government launched the £250,000 EnAble Fund, which provides grants that cover disability-related expenses people might face when seeking elected office.
We have commissioned an independent evaluation, which will include assessments of average grants made and will be published after the Fund has closed next year.
Furthermore, my Honourable Friend the Minister for the Constitution, passed legislation to exclude disability-related expenses from candidates’ spending limits.
Answered by:
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
4 October 2019
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