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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-05more like thismore than 2024-03-05
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Unemployment: Eyesight more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people economically inactive in England due to eyesight problems. more like this
tabling member constituency Bristol South more like this
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Karin Smyth remove filter
uin 17174 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-11more like thismore than 2024-03-11
answer text <p>The latest published estimates for 2022/23 show that there were around 310,000 people aged 16 to 64 in the UK who were economically inactive and self-reported difficulties with their sight – this may not be the reason, or the only reason, for them being inactive. Of which, around 250,000 were living in England (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2023" target="_blank">source</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Figures for England are from the same underlying data source (Annual Population Survey) but are unpublished.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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answering member
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label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Karin Smyth more like this