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Paul Holmes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the employment rate of disabled people in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [124537]
Maria Eagle
The information is in the table.
| Employment rate of disabled people as a percentage of disabled people of working age | |
| Percentage | |
| Spring | Number |
| 1998 | 43.5 |
| 1999 | 46.3 |
| 2000 | 46.8 |
| 2001 | 47.4 |
| 2002 | 48 |
Note:
People are defined as disabled if they report a current long-standing limiting illness or disability that significantly affects their day-to-day activities and/or the amount or type of work they can do.
Source:
Labour Force Survey.