Disabled People's Employment

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. --------
|Spring|
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|1998  |
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|1999  |
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|2000  |
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|2001  |
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|2002  |
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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.