Correction to Oral Answer

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Yvette Cooper)
During Department for Work and Pensions oral questions on Monday 19 October, in response to a  supplementary from the hon. Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) I said:

“My hon. Friend is right, and we must ensure that we also help young people who have different disabilities and need additional help with different ways into work. She may also be interested to know that the proportion of disabled people in work has increased by about seven per cent., to more than 50 per cent., in the past eight years, so for the first time there are more disabled people of working age in work than there are out of work—precisely because of the kind of programme that my hon. Friend talks about”—Official Report, col 630.

The correct answer is as follows:

“My hon. Friend is right, and we must ensure that we also help young people who have different disabilities and need additional help with different ways into work. She may also be interested to know that the proportion of disabled people in work is now 47.5 per cent. compared with 42 per cent. ten years ago and over half of working age disabled people are now in work or claim to be actively seeking employment—precisely because of the kind of programme that my hon. Friend talks about.”

I apologise to the hon. Lady for these inadvertent errors.