Employment
(asked on 2nd July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the rate of employment and self-employment among (a) working age adults with a disability and (b) working age adults with no disability in the last three years.
The table below shows estimates of the employment and self-employment rates for disabled and non-disabled people of working age 16-64 in the United Kingdom. These estimates are based on the Labour Force Survey for the quarters April-June 2013 and January-March 2015 (the most recently available data). Due to changes in the definition of disability[1], this is the longest period over which estimates can be compared on a consistent basis.
Equality Act 2010 definition for disabled people | |||||
Disabled | Non-Disabled | ||||
Quarter - Year | Employment Rate | Self-employment Rate | Employment Rate | Self-employment Rate | |
Apr-Jun 2013 | 43.6% | 7.0% | 76.8% | 9.9% | |
Jan-Mar 2015 | 46.3% | 7.1% | 79.0% | 10.6% | |
Change | +2.7% | +0.1%[2] | +2.2% | +0.6% | |
[1] In April 2013, changes were made to the wording of the disability questions in order to bring the LFS into line with the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonised Standards for questions on disability and also enable the LFS estimates to be consistent with the definitions used in 2010 Equality Act. These estimates cannot be directly compared with estimates for previous years which were based on a definition relating to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
[2] This change is not statistically significant.