We recently attended the examination of the UK Government's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD).
In advance of this examination session, we sent a letter to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to inform its inquiry review into the UK.
This letter focused on new information since our August 2023 report, including:
- updates on the National Disability Strategy and the Disability Action Plan
- changes to the Minister for Disabled People’s portfolio
- the UK Government’s consultation on reforms to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
- potential new powers for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
We look forward to the outcomes of the Committee’s inquiry follow-up review, which will be published soon.
Read our letter to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The above information is from News from the Equality and Human Rights Commission Newsletter Tue 02/04/2024