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<p>The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap and seeing
one million more disabled people in work between 2017 and 2027. We continue to monitor
employment of disabled people using the quarterly Labour Force Survey along with other
relevant sources. Collection of this information is happening now but there will be
a period until data needed to robustly assess the effects of the covid-19 outbreak
on disabled people’s employment is available.</p><p> </p><p>Labour Force Survey statistics
for the first quarter of 2020, will be reported by the Office for National Statistics
on 19 May 2020, covering the very start of the covid-19 outbreak in March. Statistics
for the second quarter of 2020 will be available in August.</p><p> </p><p>The Office
for National Statistics is producing a range of wider information about the social
and economic impacts of covid-19 such as the Business Impact of Coronavirus (BIC)
survey. Statistics from the ONS Omnibus survey for 3 April 2020 to 13 April 2020 show
that a lower proportion of disabled people than non-disabled people were worried about
aspects of work and household finances.</p>
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