PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disability: Candidates (29 June 2021)

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the extent and nature of the barriers experienced by disabled people throughout the UK in contesting elections.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

A research report into barriers facing disabled candidates was commissioned in December 2018. We intend to publish the report alongside an evaluation of the EnAble Fund in due course.

Answered by:
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)
8 July 2021