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For more information regarding SIA responses to consultation documents
contact John Mansfield
SIA Response to Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) review of eligibility criteria
SIA Reponse to Commission for CSCIPDF
July 2008
SIA Response to Department for Transport Consultation on Developing a Comprehensive Blue Badge (Disabled Parking) Reform Strategy
SIA's Response to
Blue Badge reform strategy
(PDF)
May 2008
Independent Living Strategy
In March 2008, the Government launched a consultation on this Strategy and SIA
will be submitting a response.
You can access a Policy Briefing produced by RADAR:The Disability Network on
their website This provides an essential
guide to the strategy's key points, analysis of its likely impact on our lives
and suggests how everyone can be part of influencing what happens next. A
summary of the Strategy document is available on the following website:
http://www.officefordisability.gov.uk/docs/ilr-summary.pdf
If you wish to participate, please submit your comments before 10 June by e-mail
to cfc@spinal.co.uk
SIA's Response to DWP's Consultation on Improving Specialist Disability Employment Services
SIA Response to DWP (PDF)
March 2008.
UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People
SIA has joined with a number of disability organisations to campaign for UK
ratification, without reservations, of the UN Convention. You can register your
support by signing the on-line petition posted on the Number 10 website:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ratifyconvention/
Further information on the UN Convention is available on the Office for
Disability Issues (ODI) website:
http://www.officefordisability.gov.uk/commitment/unitednations.asp
To help you gain an understanding about the issues around the convention,
please read the briefing paper
produced by the coalition.
SIA's Response to the BIA Review of their
Diversity and Equality Scheme.
SIA's Response to the BIA's Review (PDF)
Response to the Border and Immigration Agency Review of their
Diversity and Equality Scheme.
January 2008
SIA Response to Part IX Revised Proposal
SIA Response to Part IX (PDF)
Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tarrif for the provision of stoma care
December 2007
SIA Response to the National Audit Office "End of Life Care" Study
NAO End of Life study (PDF)
October 2007
SIA’s response to the Cabinet Office paper
"Effective Consultation" (PDF)
SIA responds to the 2007 report published by the Cabinet Office
September 2007
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