Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with epilepsy in long-term employment.
Estimates from the Annual Population Survey (APS) show that there were 177,000 individuals of working-age (16 to 64) in the UK who reported epilepsy as their main long-term health condition in 2021/22 (Employment of disabled people 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) - Table POP003. Of these, approximately 96,000 (55%) were in employment, with 83% (80,000) of those employed for 12 months or more. There is no recognised definition of long-term employment. 12 months or more has been used because this is the length of time used to define long-term unemployment.