Debate contribution: Accessibility: Constituency Offices
Debate contribution by Mr Colin McGrath on .
- MLA
- Mr Colin McGrath
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 1 April 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Accessibility: Constituency Offices
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4877065
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The Assembly Commission takes these matters seriously and engages with disability groups as part of its wider work, but issues relating to the provision of constituency services by Members are the responsibility of each individual Member, not the Assembly Commission. Properties leased as constituency offices should be fit for purpose. When considering leases, Members should consider the needs of disabled individuals proactively, where requirements should be contemplated in advance. Therefore, Members should ensure the suitability of a property in meeting the statutory obligations of disability access etc. That requirement has been built into the new 2025 determination for all new leases, going forward. Recognising that the nature of reasonable adjustments will vary from Member to Member and from office to office, the provisions of the 2025 determination for the recovery of reasonable adjustments and disability costs are not restrictively prescriptive.
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