| Heading: |
Visual Impairment: Training |
| Question ID: |
1792053 |
| UIN: |
43920 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4676 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Marsha De Cordova
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| Asking Member handle: |
Marshadecordova
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Marshadecordova
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing sight loss training for (a) Access to Work advisors and (b) Jobcentre Plus staff. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
As part of staff on-boarding and induction into DWP, staff complete learning for customers with sight loss. The learning provides the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010, and an overview of the support available to customers including the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |