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<p>Table 1 shows the proportion of disabled people among the working age population
in full-time or part-time employment in quarter 2 of each year from 2013 to 2017.
The table shows that the percentage of people in employment who are disabled increased
from 10.1% in 2013, to 11.4% in 2017. There has been a larger increase in the proportion
of part-time workers who are disabled, rising from 13.0% to 16.3% over the period,
an increase of 3.3 percentage points. This compares to an increase in the proportion
of full-time workers who are disabled, which has increased from 9.0% to 9.7%, an increase
of 0.7 percentage points. Around two thirds of disabled people work full-time, with
one third working part-time.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 17.4% of working age people were
disabled in 2017. The employment rate of disabled people increased by 5.6 percentage
points between quarter 2 2013, and quarter 2 2017, to 49.2%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
is committed to seeing one million more disabled people in work over the next ten
years. The Government recently published <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work,
Health and Disability</em> setting out our ten year strategy for helping disabled
people to enter and remain in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: proportion of working
age people who have a disability, UK, April to June 2013 to 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p>Proportion of total population with a disability</p></td><td><p>Proportion
of people in employment who have a disability</p></td><td><p>Proportion of people
in full-time employment who have a disability</p></td><td><p>Proportion of people
in part-time employment who have a disability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>16.5%</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>9.0%</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td><td><p>10.3%</p></td><td><p>8.8%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>17.5%</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Q2 data, Labour Force Survey</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes on the table:</p><ol><li>In
the Labour Force Survey (LFS), respondents are asked to self-classify their main job
as either full-time or part-time.</li><li>In April 2013 changes were made to the wording
of the disability questions in the Labour Force Survey. This means that estimates
from 2013 onwards have been provided, as prior to this, data is not available on a
consistent basis.</li><li>Working age includes people aged 16 to 64.</li><li>Missing
values were excluded from the data to calculate proportions.</li><li>Percentages have
been rounded to one decimal place.</li><li>Estimates from Quarter 2 are used as this
is the latest available data for 2017 and this ensures all the data is comparable
between years as the data is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>The disability definition
covers people who self-report:</li><li>A health condition or illness lasting or expected
to last 12 months or more,</li><li>This condition(s) or illness(es) reduce their ability
to carry out day-to-day activities.</li></ol>
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