Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered am ar 14 Chwefror 2024.
Mike Amesbury
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility to local playgrounds for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Mims Davies
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The department published the Disability Action Plan on 5 February 2024 which includes measures looking at the accessibility of playgrounds.
A large amount of guidance about how to improve playground accessibility is already available, but practitioners are not always able to locate this advice. The Disability Unit will create an online hub of information for local authorities on creating accessible playgrounds with a new families disabled people’s experience panel helping to support the hub’s development.
This is a national-level approach that should support improvements across many local authorities. We will continue to monitor this area, as well as working with partners to explore the potential for new or updated guidance.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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