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Disability: North East

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 26 March 2024.

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Photo of Chi Onwurah Chi Onwurah Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population are disabled in the North East; and how many and what proportion were disabled in 2010.

Photo of Mims Davies Mims Davies The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The information requested is shown in the table below.

The definition of disability changed in 2013 therefore estimates for 2010 and 2022 are not directly comparable.

Number and percentage of disabled people aged 16 to 64 by country/region

Country/ region

2010

2022

Number of disabled people

Percentage of disabled people

Number of disabled people

Percentage of disabled people

United Kingdom

8,257,200

20.5

9,311,800

22.4

North East

399,400

24.0

429,500

26.4

North West

1,012,200

22.5

1,111,300

24.7

Yorkshire and The Humber

738,500

21.9

818,200

24.2

East Midlands

629,200

21.8

712,500

24.1

West Midlands

720,900

20.5

819,300

22.6

East

729,400

19.9

790,200

20.8

London

935,500

16.9

1,092,600

17.7

South East

992,100

18.3

1,144,800

20.4

South West

653,600

20.0

766,900

22.9

Wales

469,200

24.4

506,600

26.5

Scotland

746,500

21.9

861,200

25.0

Northern Ireland

230,700

19.9

258,700

22.1

Source: Annual Population Survey (APS) -Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (nomisweb.co.uk)

Notes:

  • Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100 and percentages to one decimal place.
  • Totals may not always sum due to rounding and the exclusion of missing, unknown and not applicable categories.
  • Numbers shown are central estimates and subject to sampling variation. The precision of these estimates will be limited by sample size.
  • Annual Population Survey data has not been reweighted to incorporate the latest estimates of the size and composition of the UK population.
  • Estimates for 2010 are based on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) definition of disability. Estimates for 2022 use the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonised Standard definition.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 26 March 2024, cW)

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Disability Discrimination Act

Full Act: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm

Simpler guide to what it all means in practice: http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/