The blind people who are lost thousands of benefits cannot yet read the details of the Wellness Wellness reform plans
Thousands of people with Disability that are losing their benefits Based on the £ 5 billion labour welfare reforms, they cannot yet read the details of what ministers intend to do.
Almost two weeks after the secretary of work and pensions Liz Kendall revealed her green card An accessible version of the document is still available on the Welfare Reform.
The Department for Labor and Pensions He promised that the audio versions for blind, braille and other accessible forms will be ready in early April but, with the current consultation, there is a fury that were not available from the beginning.
The parliamentarian of Lib Dem Steve Darling, who is blindly recorded and discovered the delay, reacted saying that it was not “to say the least a shame”.
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James Taylor, executive director of Strategy at Disability Equality Charity Ampe, said: “This is one of many, many things that are wrong on these catastrophic proposals.
“These are some of the greatest cuts in recorded disability performance. Yet almost two weeks after their publication, the disabled people who are facing thousands of pounds a year in support that are torn are not yet able to read the complete plans.
“The government must rethink these proposals and start listening and working with disabled”.
The line broke out following a parliamentary question by Mr. Darling, who is the spokesperson for work and pensions, replied by the Minister of Welfare Stephen Timms, Those who said that the accessible versions will be published “in debt”.
The minister continued by saying that “we published this green document in front of all the accessible versions to insert detailed information on the issues subject to consultation of the public domain as soon as possible”. The government is not also possible to produce accessible versions of the subsequent evaluation of the impact.
Darling said: “I have experienced in first person how difficult things can be for someone who is visually compromised in this system, trying to navigate in the labyrinth of waste and information that must be understood.
Disabled people took the weight of the cuts, largely through a reworking of the criteria for payments for personal independence (PIP), which aims to ensure that only those who have serious disabilities qualify.
The evaluation of the government impact has suggested that 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, will be immersed in poverty following the changes. Some of these are among the 340,000 people recorded blind or partially sighted in the United Kingdom who still cannot read the details of the documents.
The dem Libs said that the delay could put the government at risk of breaking their regulations on accessibility. Part of the requirements for accessibility and public bodies are that “it is necessary to make your website or mobile app more accessible making it” perceptible, usable, understandable and robust “. It is necessary to include and update a declaration of accessibility on your website”. They continue by saying “you could break the law if your website of the public sector or the mobile app does not meet accessibility requirements”.
The accessible versions of the documents can include: large print (size of character 16 or higher), braille (printed tactile documents), audio, mp3, daisy (audio only) audio description for multimedia, electronics, Microsoft word or other processor files, pdf, daisy (audio and text), html and caption for the caption.
The line also follows Shupp of the Treasury of the Treasury Capo Darren Jones Supporting the removal of benefits was like removing the wages, for which he apologized.
Darling said: “First they compared the removal of vital support to take away the pocket money of a child, and now he will not even give those who potentially hit the dignity of passing through details on what they will lose. This government has fallen into the real danger of losing its moral component.
“Ministers must immediately publish the accessible versions of their green card and the evaluation of the impact.”
A spokesman for the DWP said: “We have established a large package of reforms for the benefits for health and disability that people really support again at work, while putting the welfare system on a more sustainable level so that the safety network is always there to protect those who need it most.”
