Scope response to the Government's announcement regarding Remploy

Responding to today’s announcement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding Remploy, Jon Sparkes, Scope‘s Chief Executive, said:

“We welcome the Government’s announcement, which will support more disabled people into mainstream employment rather than being segregated from their non-disabled colleagues.”

“We understand that there is still a need to support those people who are currently employed in a sheltered workplace but we hope that this type of employment will be gradually phased out as society continues to increase opportunities for disabled people.”

Notes to editor:

Tackling barriers to employment is a key part of Scope’s Time to Get Equal campaign, which fights for disabled people‘s equality.

Scope is a disability organisation whose focus is people with cerebral palsy, and whose aim is that disabled people achieve equality.