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<p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people.
The manifesto commitment gives a clear and time-bound goal to achieve this, which
is to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p><p>
</p><p>Since quarter 1 2016, the number of working aged disabled people in employment
has increased by around 170,000 to 3.5 million in quarter 1 2017. The disability employment
rate has increased by over 2 percentage points and now stands at 49 per cent.</p><p>
</p><p>The number of disabled people in employment, according to the Labour Force
Survey, is publicly available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p>
</p><p>We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who
can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. That is why we published
Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, which set out the action
we plan to take to achieve this and start a far-reaching, national debate on what
more we can do to ensure everyone is supported to reach their full potential. We are
considering next steps, taking account of the Green Paper consultation, and will set
out our response to this and future plans in due course, including supporting local
effort and reporting arrangements.</p>
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