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<p>From 2013-14 to 2015-16 we have seen 400,000 more disabled people in employment
in the UK (see points 1 to 3 in the notes section). Over the same time we have seen
the overall employment rate for disabled people increase by around 3 percentage points,
where it now stands at 47 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion
of working age disabled people in employment by NUTS 1 region between 2010-11 and
2015-16. Please note that data is not available for 2009/10. In addition, due to changes
to the definition of disability that were made in 2013, data for 2013-14 onwards cannot
be compared with previous years.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of the regions saw increases
in their disability employment rate broadly in line with that of the UK as a whole
over the period 2013-14 to 2015-16. Similarly, the number of disabled people in employment
increased in every region over the period. Though due to small sample sizes in the
survey used, the observed trends may not indicate statistically significant changes.</p><p>
</p><p>Table - The proportion of working age disabled people in employment in April
to March of each year by NUTS 1 region from 2010-11 to 2015-16.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2010 -11 (%)</p></td><td><p>2011 -12 (%)</p></td><td><p>2012-13
(%)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14 (%)</p></td><td><p>2014-15 (%)</p></td><td><p>2015-16
(%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>40.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>38.0</p></td><td><p>39.5</p></td><td
rowspan="12"><p>Figures pre 2013/14 should not be compared with figures from 2013/14
onwards</p></td><td><p>38.6</p></td><td><p>41.2</p></td><td><p>40.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>41.3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>41.3</p></td><td><p>41.8</p></td><td><p>39.2</p></td><td><p>40.0</p></td><td><p>43.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire
and Humberside</p></td><td><p>43.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>43.1</p></td><td><p>45.6</p></td><td><p>43.4</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>46.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands</p></td><td><p>49.8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>48.1</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>46.7</p></td><td><p>48.1</p></td><td><p>50.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>42.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>41.1</p></td><td><p>44.2</p></td><td><p>41.9</p></td><td><p>43.3</p></td><td><p>43.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>53.1</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>52.1</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td><td><p>52.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>40.8</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td><td><p>43.5</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td><td><p>48.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>53.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>52.8</p></td><td><p>54.4</p></td><td><p>55.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>50.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51.1</p></td><td><p>50.7</p></td><td><p>51.0</p></td><td><p>54.8</p></td><td><p>54.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>39.9</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>40.2</p></td><td><p>42.0</p></td><td><p>41.6</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td><td><p>43.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>44.3</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>43.9</p></td><td><p>42.8</p></td><td><p>39.7</p></td><td><p>42.0</p></td><td><p>41.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern
Ireland</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>29.0</p></td><td><p>33.6</p></td><td><p>33.4</p></td><td><p>31.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United
Kingdom</p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>44.6</p></td><td><p>45.8</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>44.4</p></td><td><p>46.4</p></td><td><p>47.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Annual Population Survey, April to March 2010-11 to 2015– 16.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Note
that these figures are based on the Annual Population Survey and differ to the labour
market status of disabled people figures available at the link below:</li></ol><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>
which are based on the quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS).</p><ol start="2"><li>The
latest quarterly LFS figures for Q3 2016 show that the number of disabled people in
work has increased by almost 600,000 since Q2 2013; currently over 3.4 million disabled
people are in employment. The employment rate of disabled people has increased by
around 5 percentage points over the last three years and now stands at 48%.</li><li>The
APS was used to provide a larger sample size to give regional breakdowns.</li><li>New
analysis was carried out to produce data for 2012-13 and 2013-14. The other data is
publicly available from NOMIS.</li><li>Due to changes in disability definition data
for 2013-14 onwards should not be compared to data from previous years.</li><li>The
GSS harmonised definition of disability is used for data for 2013-14 onwards. This
is in line with the Equality Act definition of disability. Pre 2013-14 the Disability
Discrimination Act definition of disability is used.</li><li>Percentages are rounded
to the nearest 0.1 percentage point.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation.</li><li>Precision
of statistics is limited by small sample sizes.</li><li>Figures are for the working
age population, comprised of people aged 16 to 64.</li></ol><p> </p>
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