Employment outcomes for disabled people in the UK aged 16 to 64 years, with analysis by age, sex, impairment type, country, region, type of occupation and working patterns using Annual Population Survey (APS) data.

Labour market status of disabled people, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Summary estimates of the number of disabled people in employment are published regularly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their ‘Labour Market Overview, UK’ series. This publication presents more detailed analysis and break downs of those summary estimates.

The statistics include:

• overall trends in employment of disabled people compared with non-disabled people
• estimates of the factors underlying change in in the number of disabled people in work under different scenarios
• employment rates for disabled people and non-disabled people according to several individual and work-related characteristics
• characteristics of people moving into or out of work by disability status

Read about the background information and methodology of these statistics.

This table shows working age population that has a disability and Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity rates by disability (includes Equalities Act Core disabled, DDA & work-limiting disabled) The definition of ‘disability’ under the Equality Act 2010 shows a person has a disability if: they have a physical or mental impairment the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day-to-day activities For the purposes of the Act, these words have the following meanings: 'substantial' means more than minor or trivial 'long-term' means that the effect of the impairment has lasted or is likely to last for at least twelve months (there are special rules covering recurring or fluctuating conditions) 'normal day-to-day activities' include everyday things like eating, washing, walking and going shopping There are additional provisions relating to people with progressive conditions. People with HIV, cancer or multiple sclerosis are protected by the Act from the point of diagnosis. People with some visual impairments are automatically deemed to be disabled. 18/03/2015 Data has been reweighted in line with the latest ONS estimates. 2013 data is not available for disability measures from this survey. Due to changes in the health questions on the Annual Population Survey there is quite a large discontinuity in the estimates from the Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 period onwards. These became available again from the Apr 2013 to March 2014 period as new variables. 95% confidence interval of percent figure (+/-).

The measure shows the proportion of all adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability who are known to the council, who are recorded as being in paid employment. The definition of individuals 'known to the council' is restricted to those adults with a learning disability (with a primary client group of LD) who have been assessed or reviewed by the council during the year (irrespective of whether or not they receive a service) or who should have been reviewed but were not. The measure is focused on 'paid' employment, to be clear that voluntary work is to be excluded for the purposes of this measure. Paid employment is measured using the following two categories: Working as a paid employee or self-employed (16 or more hours per week); and, Working as a paid employee or self-employed (up to 16 hours per week). A 'paid employee' is one who works for a company, community or voluntary organisation, council or other organisation and is earning at or above the National Minimum Wage. This includes those who are working in supported employment (i.e. those receiving support from a specialist agency to maintain their job) who are earning at or above the National Minimum Wage. 'Self-employed' is defined as those who work for themselves and generally pay their National Insurance themselves. This should also include those who are unpaid family workers (i.e. those who do unpaid work for a business they own or for a business a relative owns). In 2014/15 the change from ASC-CAR to SALT resulted in a change to who is included in the measure. Previously, this measure included 'all adults with a learning disability who are known to the council. However, SALT table LTS001a only captures those clients who have received a long-term service in the reporting year. Furthermore, the measure now only draws on the subset of these clients who have a primary support reason of Learning Disability Support; those clients who may previously have been included in the client group Learning Disability in ASC-CAR might not have a primary support reason of Learning Disability Support, and are now excluded from the measure. Only covers people receiving partly or wholly supported care from their Local Authority and not wholly private, self-funded care. Data source: SALT. Data is Powered by LG Inform Plus and automatically checked for new data on the 3rd of each month.

Employment rates broken down by gender, age or disability. The data are taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS), produced by the Office for National Statistics. Employment Rate by Gender, for working age, and Age groups: 16-24, 25-34, 35-49, 50-64, and disability groups: All disabled, Both DDA & also work-limiting, DDA only disabled, Work-limiting only disabled, Not disabled, recently replaced with: Equality Act core or work-limiting disabled, EA core disabled, Work-limiting disabled, Not EA core or work-limiting disabled. 18/03/2015 Data has been reweighted in line with the latest ONS estimates.

Graduate employment rates by disability status in 2022

From the financial year 2023 to 2024, approximately ** percent of people with disabilities in the UK were classed as permanently sick/disabled for employment reasons, while ** percent were full-time employees. This statistic displays the distribution of people with disability in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2023/24, by employment status.

Prevalence and employment estimates for disabled and non-disabled people by different personal characteristics, UK, 2018.

Work Choice is a specialist disability employment programme which provides employment support to clients who, by reason of disability, cannot be supported through mainstream employment programmes. It was introduced in October 2010, replacing three previous programmes: WORKSTEP, Work Preparation and the Job Introduction Scheme. This publication provides quarterly statistics on the number of Work Choice referrals, starts and outcomes. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-choice-statistics-number-of-starts-and-referrals--2 Source agency: Work and Pensions Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Work Choice

Analysis of employee proportions across characteristic breakdowns and median age, using Annual Population Survey (APS) data.

The Labour Market Indicators spreadsheet for boroughs and regions will no longer be updated from March 2015. The final version from March 2015 will still be available to download at the bottom of this page. Most of the data is available within datasets elsewhere on the Datastore.

Workforce Jobs
Unemployment
Model based Unemployment for Boroughs
Claimant Count rates for Boroughs and Wards
Employment Rate Trends
Employment rates by Gender, Age and Disability
Number of Self Employed, Full and Part Time Employed
Employment by Occupation
Employment by Industry
Employment, Unemployment, Economic Activity and Inactivity Rates by Disability
Employment by Ethnicity
Economic Inactivity by Gender and Reason
Qualifications of Economically Active, Employed and Unemployed
Qualification levels of working-age population
Apprenticeship Starts and Achievements
Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET), Borough
19 year olds Qualified to NVQ Level 3
GCE A level examination results of 16-18 year olds
GCSE Results by Pupil Characteristics
People Claiming Out-of-Work Benefits
People Claiming Incapacity Benefit
Children Living in Workless Households
Gross Value Added, and Gross Disposable Household Income
Earnings by place of residence
Earnings by place of work
Business Demographics
Employment projections by sector
Jobs Density
Population Estimates
Population Migration

Core Indicators

Number of London residents of working age in employment
Employment rate
Number of male London residents of working age in employment
Male employment rate
Number of female London residents of working age in employment
Female employment rate
Workforce jobs
Jobs density
Number

Employment statistics on the Social Services for the Elderly & People with Disabilities industry in the UK

This statistic displays the total employment (point in time) compared to the total employment (average during the year) in residential care activities in the period from 2008 to 2019 in the United Kingdom (UK). In the year 2019, the total number in employment (average during the year) was *** thousand.

A short story on disabled people across the UK, their health problems and labour market characteristics, using the latest 2011 statistics from the Labour Force Survey.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: People with disabilities in the labour market

Census 2021 occupation data for people aged 16 years and older and in employment, to a detailed level (4-digit Standard Occupational Classification), is part of The occupations and industries most dependent on older and younger workers: March 2021, a release of results from the 2021 Census for England and Wales. Figures may differ slightly in future releases because of the impact of removing rounding and applying further statistical processes.

Some shorthand may be used in this workbook. Individual estimates suppressed with "[c]" relate to statistics based on a small number of respondents (< 10). Such values have been suppressed on quality grounds and to maintain confidentiality.

Armed forces personnel and defence employees are included in the census and recorded as usually resident using the standard definitions. The instructions given to personnel on how to respond to the census mean that this group cannot be reliably identified in census data on industry and occupation. Information on the size and characteristics of the UK armed forces population is produced by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

Part-time workers are defined as those that worked 30 hours or fewer a week. Full-time workers are defined as those that worked 31 hours or more a week.

Quality assurance information can be found here

Occupation

Occupation is classified using the Standard Occupation Classification 2020 version. Details can be found here.

Industry

Industry is classified using the Standard Industrial Classifications 2007 version. Details can be found here.

Age

This is someone’s age on their last birthday on Census Day, 21 March 2021 in England and Wales.

Disabled

People who assessed their day-to-day activities as limited by long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses are considered disabled. This definition of a disabled person meets the harmonised standard for measuring disability and is in line with the Equality Act (2010).