Statistics: The employment of disabled people

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.

The statistics include:

• overall trends in employment of disabled people compared with non-disabled people
• estimates of the factors underlying change in in the number of disabled people in work under different scenarios
• employment rates for disabled people and non-disabled people according to several individual and work-related characteristics
• characteristics of people moving into or out of work by disability status

The following additional breakdowns are included in the latest release of statistics (published on 4 November 2021):

• employer size
• ethnicity
• hours worked
• quality of work indicators
• sector
• self-employment
• temporarily away from work
• local authority
• parliamentary constituency

Latest release

• The employment of disabled people 2021
  • 4 November 2021
  • Official Statistics

Background information and methodology

• The employment of disabled people: background information and methodology