Employment: Mental Illness

(asked on 25th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of people with long-term mental ill health who are in paid employment.


Answered by
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Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 1st July 2019

An estimated 47% of people with a long-term mental health condition were in employment in 2018-19.

Notes:

  1. Estimates are derived from the Annual Population Survey (APS) for the year April 2018 to March 2019. The APS is a variant on the Labour Force Survey produced by the Office for National Statistics. Survey estimates may be subject sampling errors and reporting errors.
  2. Estimates relate to people living in the UK aged 16-64 years.
  3. Employment is defined according to National Statistics definitions, as used in the ONS’s monthly Labour Market Overview release, in line with internationally-agreed (ILO) guidelines.
  4. A long-term health condition is defined as a physical or mental health condition or illness lasting or expected to last 12 months or more, in line with Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonised Principles. This includes those who are disabled (who report that their condition or illness reduces their ability to carry out day-to-day activities) and those who are not disabled.
  5. Mental health conditions are defined as any condition reported by survey respondents under the categories “depression, bad nerves or anxiety” or “mental illness, phobias, panics or other nervous disorders”. People who report a long-term health condition but do not specify the type are excluded from this analysis.
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