The employment of disabled people
These statistics give a detailed analysis and break downs of the number of disabled people in employment.
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.
Changes to the employment of disabled people statistics
These statistics were expanded in the latest annual release, published on 26 October 2023.
The changes include further employment status breakdowns by couple status and housing tenure, underemployment rates by disability status, employment flows due to health reasons, and the previous industry and occupation of the economically inactive, including those who give the main reason as long-term sickness.
Feedback
Users are invited to provide feedback on the employment of disabled people statistics, including the new breakdowns and how you use the statistics and how well they meet your requirements, by email: team.workandhealthanalysis@dwp.gov.uk
Latest release
Background information and methodology
Previous release
Last updated 26 October 2023 + show all updates
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Added the latest annual release: "The employment of disabled people 2023".
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Added a note to the page about changes to the employment of disabled people statistics in forthcoming releases. The next release of statistics will be published on 26 October 2023 at 9:30am.
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Added the latest annual release - 'The employment of disabled people 2022'.
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Added information to the page about future release of these statistics. From the next release (due to be published on 26 January 2023) the statistics will include new information on economic inactivity.
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Added a link to the latest release of these statistics.
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Added information about additional breakdowns that will be included in the next annual release of these statistics (due to be published on 4 November 2021).
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First published.