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Consultation response by the Disability Benefits Consortium
12 January 2011
[Extract]
The DBC welcomes the opportunity for considered debate on the future of DLA. However, despite the significance of the consultation and its potential impact on disabled people, we are very disappointed that the Department for Work and Pensions decided to run such a short – 9 week – consultation period, which was also spread over the Christmas holiday. This is 3 weeks short of the recommended time frame outlined in Government guidance and will significantly reduce opportunities for individuals to add their views to the consultation.
The communication needs of many of the disabled people potentially affected by the outcome of the consultation may mean the timeframe prevents adequate and effective engagement of a significant number of the people it will directly affect. It is also disappointing that the Welfare Reform Bill will have been debated in the Commons, and potentially will have reached the Lords, before the consultation period has ended. It will therefore not be possible for the Government to take consultation responses into account as the Bill progresses through the Commons, further reducing the impact and value of the consultation process.
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