Increasing employment of disabled people in public sector: our response to consultation

Introduction

7. In a Fairer Scotland for Disabled People^[1](December 2016) we made a commitment that we would consult with public sector bodies, disabled peoples’ organisations and disabled people themselves around whether or not the Scottish Government should introduce targets for the public sector, to help increase the number of disabled people in employment.

8. At the Scottish Government’s Congress on Disability, Employment and the Workplace on 30^th April 2018 the First Minister launched the Increasing the Employment of Disabled People in the Public Sector consultation^[2]. In addition to potential targets, the consultation focussed on other measures to increase the number of disabled people working in the public sector, improve their experiences of employment, and consider how to improve staff disability data collection and usage in the public sector.

9. Below follows a summary of the analysis of the consultation submissions, our response to the consultation, and an outline of how this will inform current and future Scottish Government policy.