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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment: Disability (28 February 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on how many disabled people have found work as a direct result of the Disability Confident campaign.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

Answer

Disability Confident helps employers to improve in their ability to recruit, retain and develop disabled people. Over 5500 employers have joined the scheme to date. Disability Confident employers make specific commitments, offering a range of job opportunities, work experience, work trials, supported internships etc.

As an example of its impact, since becoming Disability Confident, Fujitsu has significantly increased the number of people with disabilities on its graduate recruitment programme. 20% of the cohort last September had disabilities. Fujitsu has also seen an increase in the number of employees declaring they have a disability, which allows the company to better provide adjustments or support.

The number of disabled people in work has increased by around 600,000 since 2013.


Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
5 March 2018

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