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<p>Evidence shows that the disability employment gap is narrowing, although we are
determined to see further improvements, so that everyone who can work is given the
right support and opportunities to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the gap in employment
rates between working age disabled and non-disabled people, based on the estimates
published by ONS on the website at the following link:</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> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Employment rates for disabled and non-disabled people
aged 16-64, Q2 2013 – Q2 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Disabled
employment rate (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-disabled employment rate (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gap<br>
(percentage points)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>76.8</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>44.9</p></td><td><p>78.4</p></td><td><p>33.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>45.9</p></td><td><p>79.2</p></td><td><p>33.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>47.9</p></td><td><p>80.1</p></td><td><p>32.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td><td><p>31.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>
</em></p><p><em>Source: Labour Force Survey </em></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates
relate to quarter 2 (April-June) each year.</li><li>Percentages are rounded to the
nearest 0.1 percentage point. Components may not sum exactly to totals due to rounding.</li><li>Estimates
exclude a small number of respondents who did not report whether or not they were
disabled.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation and is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>Due
to an apparent discontinuity, ONS has applied health warnings to estimates for periods
after Q2 (April to June) 2017. We are awaiting further advice from ONS on how these
more recent figures can be used in future.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table
2 shows how employment rates for disabled people with different health conditions
or broad types of disability compare to that of non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Table
2: Employment rate of disabled people by health condition, <em>Q2 (April to June)
2017</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Disabled employment rate (%)</p></td><td><p>Total
number of people <br> (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems or disabilities
(including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with arms or hands</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems
or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with legs or feet</p></td><td><p>56.5</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems
or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with back or neck</p></td><td><p>56.4</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difficulty
in seeing</p></td><td><p>54.9</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difficulty
in hearing</p></td><td><p>62.3</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Speech impediment</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe
disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies</p></td><td><p>64.0</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chest
or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis</p></td><td><p>54.4</p></td><td><p>433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart,
blood pressure or blood circulation problems</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td><td><p>412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stomach,
liver kidney or digestive problems</p></td><td><p>60.3</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diabetes</p></td><td><p>55.0</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Depression,
bad nerves or anxiety</p></td><td><p>46.3</p></td><td><p>1,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epilepsy</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe
or specific learning difficulties (mental handicap)</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental
illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervous disorders</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Progressive
illness not included elsewhere (e.g. cancer, multiple sclerosis, symptomatic HIV,
Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy)</p></td><td><p>37.7</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
health problems or disabilities</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any mental health main condition</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>1,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any
musculoskeletal main condition</p></td><td><p>55.9</p></td><td><p>2,259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any
mental health main condition or musculoskeletal main condition</p></td><td><p>49.6</p></td><td><p>3,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total disabled</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>7,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
non-disabled</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td><td><p>33,792</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>
</em></p><p><em>Source: Labour Force Survey </em></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Percentages
are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. Numbers are rounded to the nearest
1,000.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation and is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>Precision
of statistics is limited by small sample sizes. Estimates based on fewer than 10,000
people (weighted) are not shown and are denoted ‘-‘.</li><li>The total for all disabled
people is slightly higher than the sum of the number of health conditions due to some
respondents not reporting their specific health condition(s).</li><li>Those with any
mental health condition are considered to be those who reported having 'depression,
bad nerves or anxiety' or 'mental illness, or suffer phobia, panics, or other nervous
disorders'.</li><li>Those with any musculoskeletal condition are considered to be
those who reported having 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism)
connected with arms or hands', 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism)
connected with back or neck' or 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or
rheumatism) connected with legs or feet'.</li></ol>
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