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Improving the life chances of disabled people: summary tables: the first annual report from the Office for Disability Issues 2006
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government's Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has published its first Annual Report to the Prime Minister, detailing the progress that is being made towards realising the Government's ambitious vision for real equality for disabled people by 2025
Improving the life chances of disabled people: the first annual report of the Office for Disability Issues 2006
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 94p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government's Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has published its first Annual Report to the Prime Minister, detailing the progress that is being made towards realising the Government's ambitious vision for real equality for disabled people by 2025.
A new deal for welfare: empowering people to work
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The White Paper details legislative proposals for: reforming incapacity benefits; a £360 million roll out of Pathways to Work across the country by 2008 extending support to lone parents and older workers; reforming housing benefit; transforming support for people living in our cities; and delivering support to meet the needs of everyone.
Improving the life chances of disabled people: final report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office. Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 244p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out an ambitious programme of action that will bring disabled people fully within the scope of the “opportunity society”. By supporting disabled people to help themselves, a step change can be achieved in the participation and inclusion of disabled people. The report proposes that the Government should set an ambitious vision for improving the life chances of disabled people. Future strategy for disabled people should seek to realise this vision through practical measures in four key areas. (1) Helping disabled people to achieve independent living by moving progressively to individual budgets for disabled people, drawing together the services to which they are entitled and giving them greater choice over the mix of support they receive in the form of cash and/or direct provision of services. (2) Improving support for families with young disabled children by ensuring families of disabled children benefit from childcare and early education provided to all children; meeting the extra needs of families with disabled children; and ensuring services are centred on disabled children and their families, not on processes and funding streams. (3) Facilitating a smooth transition into adulthood by putting in place improved mechanisms for effective planning for the transition to adulthood and the support that goes with this; removing “cliff edges” in service provision; and giving disabled young people access to a more transparent and more appropriate menu of opportunities and choices. (4) Improving support and incentives for getting and staying in employment by ensuring that support is available well before a benefit claim is made; reforming the gateway onto entitlements; providing effective work-focused training for disabled people; and improving Access to Work.
Improving the life chances of disabled people: analytical report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office. Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The overall aim of this project is to identify and propose policies which will remove barriers and improve outcomes for disabled people. Disabled people are faring less well than non-disabled people across a range of indicators and opportunities. There are particular concerns about the support available to disabled people at key transition points in life - and about outcomes for specific groups of disabled people. Many services are in place, but these can be fragmented and their effectiveness may in some cases be low. In the light of this evidence, the aims of this project are: to assess the extent to which disabled people are experiencing adverse economic and social outcomes in the UK; to identify why this is happening, and what are its implications; and to assess what could be done to improve the situation.
Fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services: practice guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guidance concentrates on four main areas: initial design of policy and consultation; assessment of disability related expenditure; benefits and advice; and good practice standards and performance monitoring.
Day care services, Scotland 2001
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Presents figures for day care services in Scotland.
Children's trusts: statutory guidance on inter-agency cooperation to improve well-being of children, young people and their families
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 48p.p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance on inter-agency co-operation, issued under section 10 of the Children Act 2004, reflects the experience of developing Children's Trust arrangements since the publication of Every Child Matters. The guidance supplements the Statutory Guidance on inter-agency cooperation to improve wellbeing of children: children's trusts (2005).
Inclusive mobility: a guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure
- Author:
- OXLEY Philip
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Transport
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 164p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government is committed to comprehensive civil rights for disabled people. An integrated transport policy, which encompasses accessible public transport, public transport infrastructure and a barrier-free pedestrian environment is fundamentally important to delivering that commitment. Particular measures dealt with include footways and pedestrian access, tactile paving surfaces, bus stops, access to transport related buildings, signage.
Older people: their transport needs and requirements; summary report
- Author:
- ATKINS W.S
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary of a report presenting the findings of an investigation into the transport needs of older people. Aim of the study was to audit current and future needs, taking into account future demographic changes. Surveys existing research and presents its own findings from findings from focus groups and a household survey. Found that key issues include accessibility, safety, cost and availability. Makes recommendations for future policy and practice.