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	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people (a) with hearing loss and (b) who list their primary medical condition as difficulty in hearing were recorded as being economically inactive for the reason of (i) being a student, (ii) looking after family or home, (iii) being temporarily sick, (iv) being long-term sick, (v) being a discouraged worker, (vi) being retired and (vii) other reasons in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	162167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The available data for disabled people is shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Information on unpaid family workers for people with difficulty in hearing is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on people with hearing loss and difficulty in hearing on supported training and employment programmes is not held by the department.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number and proportion of disabled people by labour market status and main health condition, 16 to 64, UK:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>All disabled people</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Labour market status</strong></p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7,470,000</p></td><td><p>7,820,000</p></td><td><p>8,270,000</p></td><td><p>8,280,000</p></td><td><p>9,010,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In employment</p></td><td><p>50.8%</p></td><td><p>51.4%</p></td><td><p>53.5%</p></td><td><p>52.3%</p></td><td><p>54.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Employee</em></p></td><td><p>42.3%</p></td><td><p>43.2%</p></td><td><p>45.2%</p></td><td><p>44.8%</p></td><td><p>46.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Self-employed</em></p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unemployed</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economically inactive</p></td><td><p>44.4%</p></td><td><p>43.9%</p></td><td><p>42.4%</p></td><td><p>43.1%</p></td><td><p>41.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Student</em></p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Looking after family / home</em></p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Temporary sick</em></p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Long-term sick</em></p></td><td><p>25.6%</p></td><td><p>25.1%</p></td><td><p>24.6%</p></td><td><p>24.8%</p></td><td><p>23.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Retired</em></p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Other reasons</em></p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Difficulty in hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Labour market status</strong></p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>60,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In employment</p></td><td><p>64.9%</p></td><td><p>61.1%</p></td><td><p>63.8%</p></td><td><p>66.5%</p></td><td><p>67.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Employee</em></p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td><td><p>52.0%</p></td><td><p>56.1%</p></td><td><p>60.3%</p></td><td><p>62.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Self-employed</em></p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unemployed</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>6.0%</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economically inactive</p></td><td><p>30.8%</p></td><td><p>32.1%</p></td><td><p>30.2%</p></td><td><p>27.7%</p></td><td><p>28.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Student</em></p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Looking after family / home</em></p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Temporary sick</em></p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Long-term sick</em></p></td><td><p>16.0%</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>9.4%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Retired</em></p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Other reasons</em></p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source</strong>: Annual Population Survey (APS).</p><p> </p><p>Underlying data (except employee and self-employed breakdowns for disabled people with difficulty in hearing) is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><ol><li>Estimates in this table are subject to sampling variation and their precision limited by sample sizes.</li><li>Estimates for disabled people with difficulty in hearing are based on small sample sizes and should be used with caution.</li><li>Numbers are shown to the nearest 10,000. Percentages are calculated using unrounded figures and shown to one decimal place.</li><li>Disabled people are likely to report more than one long-term health condition (57% in 2021/22). Where more than one condition is reported the main health condition given is the one that has the biggest impact on a person’s day-to-day activities.</li><li>The way a person self-reports a long-term health condition and its impact can change over time. Nearly one in three people classed as being disabled one year were no longer classed as being disabled the next (2014 to 2021).</li><li>Reason for economic inactivity (such as student or looking after family / home) is the main reason given.</li><li>Other reasons include discouraged workers.</li><li>&quot;..&quot; = no data.</li></ol> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 162166 162168 question first answered 14/03/2023 11:30:39 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1150174

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle high levels of unemployment among the deaf community.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The DWP has a range of programmes to help disabled people, including deaf people. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>These include:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> The Work and Heath Programme (WHP), which is working with local providers to offer co-ordinated support to those with multiple employment barriers. It will help 275,000 people over 5 years, including 220,000 disabled people.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme (IPES): The Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme will launch before the end of 2019. It will provide highly personalised packages of employment support for disabled people with complex and multiple barriers to work, who are at least a year away from moving into work without the support on the programme.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> Through the Disability Confident scheme, we are working with employers to change attitudes and create employment opportunities by enabling businesses to recruit and retain disabled people in their workplace. There are already over 13,600 employers signed up to Disability Confident scheme, and their number continues to grow.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> Access to Work offers eligible disabled people a grant of up to £59,200 per year to fund support above the level of reasonable adjustments, to ensure that their health condition or disability does not hold them back in the workplace. </strong><strong>People who are deaf and hard of hearing are the largest group of users of Access to Work, and in 2018/19 Access to Work grants totalled £129m, of which £45.8m was in respect of this group.</strong></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong> Jobcentre Plus: Our Jobcentres offer tailored support from Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers, backed by the Personal Support Package which is a 4 year, £330 million package of employment support targeted at claimants with disabilities and health conditions.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/10/2019 16:55:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes