Written Question · S3W-36322 · Session 3
When the Disability Working Group last met; what plans there are for future meetings, and what role the group has in informing policy on di…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Disability Working Group last met; what plans there are for future meetings, and what role the group has in informing policy on disability.
The answer
The Disability Working Group was established by ministers as a strategic short-term group in 2004, following the European Year of Disabled People (EYDP) in 2003. The remit of the group was:
to establish priorities for the Scottish Government and partner organisations to promote equality for disabled people in Scotland, and to
develop proposals on longer term mechanisms for engagement with the disability sector.
The report of the Disability Working Group, and the Scottish Government Response to the report, were published in November 2006, and the last meeting of the group was in September 2007.
The Scottish Government has since taken forward work on Disability Equality through the high-level Independent Living In Scotland Core Reference Group, which has a much broader and more ambitious remit than the original Disability Working Group. The main remit of the group, which has formally met five times to date since September 2009, is to:
Consider the actions necessary to progress Independent Living for disabled people, and to support their involvement in this process.
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to establish priorities for the Scottish Government and partner organisations to promote equality for disabled people in Scotland, and to
develop proposals on longer term mechanisms for engagement with the disability sector.
The report of the Disability Working Group, and the Scottish Government Response to the report, were published in November 2006, and the last meeting of the group was in September 2007.
The Scottish Government has since taken forward work on Disability Equality through the high-level Independent Living In Scotland Core Reference Group, which has a much broader and more ambitious remit than the original Disability Working Group. The main remit of the group, which has formally met five times to date since September 2009, is to:
Consider the actions necessary to progress Independent Living for disabled people, and to support their involvement in this process.
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In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-36322 by reference.