The employment of disabled people (latest)

Published 24 March 2020

Last updated 5 November 2024 — See all updates

1. Latest release
2. Background information and methodology
3. Previous release

Summary estimates of the number of disabled people in employment are published regularly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their ‘Labour Market Overview, UK' series. This publication presents more detailed analysis and break downs of those summary estimates.

Changes to the statistics

The latest release of statistics (published on 5 November 2024) includes new data on:

• those economically inactive due to long-term sickness by ethnicity
• quality of work indicators
• the average wellbeing scores for disabled and non-disabled people in and out of employment by various characteristics
• flows of economically inactive students into employment by disability status
• the inclusion of long-term sickness absence tables

Feedback

Users are invited to provide feedback on the employment of disabled people statistics, including the new breakdowns and how you use the statistics and how well they meet your requirements, by email: team.workandhealthanalysis@dwp.gov.uk

Latest release

• The employment of disabled people 2024

  • 5 November 2024
  • Official Statistics

Background information and methodology

• The employment of disabled people: background information and methodology