Treasury written question – answered at on 7 January 2008.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate for disabled (a) men and (b) women was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the employment rate for disabled a) men and b) women in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (174883)
The attached table gives the percentage of people in the categories requested for the three month period ending June each year, from 1999 to 2007. Comparable estimates are not available for 1997, 1998 and 2000.
The LFS estimates at this detailed level are only consistent with the UK population estimates published in February and March 2003 and they do not incorporate the more recent population estimates that are used in the headline LFS series.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Employment rate( 1) of working age( 2) disabled( 3) people—April to June 1999-2007—Government office regions, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom | North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | East | London | South East | South West | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | |
1999 | |||||||||||||
Male | 48 | 34 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 58 | 45 | 64 | 60 | 38 | 36 | 30 |
Female | 45 | 32 | 38 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 46 | 55 | 54 | 39 | 40 | 28 |
Total | 46 | 33 | 41 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 54 | 46 | 59 | 57 | 38 | 38 | 29 |
2001 | |||||||||||||
Male | 49 | 37 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 56 | 50 | 64 | 57 | 35 | 41 | 37 |
Female | 44 | 35 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 42 | 57 | 52 | 32 | 39 | 28 |
Total | 47 | 36 | 45 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 55 | 46 | 61 | 54 | 34 | 40 | 33 |
2002 | |||||||||||||
Male | 49 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 53 | 60 | 48 | 64 | 57 | 40 | 38 | 36 |
Female | 46 | 38 | 45 | 43 | 49 | 47 | 56 | 43 | 57 | 57 | 38 | 35 | 32 |
Total | 48 | 36 | 45 | 47 | 51 | 51 | 58 | 45 | 61 | 57 | 39 | 37 | 34 |
2003 | |||||||||||||
Male | 51 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 52 | 59 | 47 | 63 | 57 | 44 | 46 | 39 |
Female | 46 | 35 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 44 | 52 | 40 | 55 | 57 | 41 | 42 | 32 |
Total | 49 | 39 | 47 | 50 | 52 | 48 | 56 | 44 | 59 | 57 | 43 | 44 | 36 |
2004 | |||||||||||||
Male | 52 | 39 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 61 | 48 | 66 | 61 | 43 | 48 | 39 |
Female | 47 | 38 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 57 | 41 | 55 | 52 | 42 | 46 | 26 |
Total | 50 | 39 | 46 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 59 | 44 | 61 | 57 | 43 | 47 | 33 |
2005 | |||||||||||||
Male | 51 | 40 | 47 | 51 | 55 | 53 | 60 | 44 | 64 | 58 | 44 | 50 | 35 |
Female | 48 | 41 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 46 | 55 | 42 | 60 | 57 | 42 | 45 | 32 |
Total | 50 | 41 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 50 | 57 | 43 | 62 | 57 | 43 | 47 | 34 |
2006 | |||||||||||||
Male | 52 | 43 | 46 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 60 | 45 | 63 | 61 | 43 | 47 | 42 |
Female | 48 | 42 | 47 | 48 | 56 | 46 | 53 | 42 | 57 | 54 | 44 | 46 | 31 |
Total | 50 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 50 | 57 | 44 | 60 | 58 | 44 | 46 | 36 |
2007 | |||||||||||||
Male | 51 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 49 | 59 | 46 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 51 | 33 |
Female | 48 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 47 | 53 | 40 | 60 | 58 | 41 | 48 | 31 |
Total | 50 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 56 | 43 | 62 | 57 | 42 | 49 | 32 |
(1) Disabled people in employment as a percentage of all disabled people of working age. (2) Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. (3 )Includes those who have a long-term disability which substantially limits their day-to-day activities and those who have a long-term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS) |
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