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The employment of disabled people: background information and methodology

Information about the employment of disabled people statistics, including purpose and status of the statistics and methodology.

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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.

The employment of disabled people statistics give a more detailed analysis and break downs of the summary estimates.

Published 24 March 2020
Last updated 26 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Published a revised version of the background information and methodology. The latest release of employment of disabled people statistics (also published today, 26 October 2023).

  2. Revised to support the latest release of employment of disabled people statistics (also published today, 26 January 2023). The main change is a revised scenario 1 in the section about analysing components of change.

  3. Revised to support the latest release of employment of disabled people statistics (also published today, 4 November 2021).

  4. First published.