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Unemployment: Disabled

Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what the (a) employment and (b) unemployment rate for disabled ethnic minority (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) men and women aged (A) 16 to 24, (B) 25 to 34, (C) 34 to 49 and (D) 50 to state retirement age was in each quarter of the last 10 years; [241443]

(2) what the (a) employment and (b) unemployment rate for disabled (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) men and women aged (A) 16 to 24, (B) 25 to 34, (C) 34 to 49 and (D) 50 to state retirement age was in each quarter of the last 10 years. [241442]

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated December 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking what the (a) employment and (b) unemployment rate for disabled ethnic minority (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) men and women aged (A) 16 to 24, (B) 25 to 34, (C) 34 to 49 and (D) 50 to state retirement age was in each quarter of the last 10 years. (241443); and what the (a) employment and (b) unemployment rate for disabled (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) men and women aged (A) 16 to 24, (B) 25 to 34, (C) 34 to 49 and (D) 50 to state retirement age was in each quarter of the last 10 years. (241442)

The available information requested is provided in the attached tables. Table 1 contains employment rates for people with disabilities and for people with disabilities who consider their ethnic group to be non-white. Table 2 contains unemployment rates for the same categories. Comparable data by ethnic group is not available prior to April 2001.

The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). In the LFS, people with disabilities are defined as those who have a long-term health problem or disability which either substantially limits their day-to-day activities or affects the kind or amount of work they might do, or both. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. The estimates for men and women with disabilities from a non-white ethnic group given in this answer should be treated with caution as they are not considered reliable for practical purposes.

The figures have been derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in Autumn 2007. Consequently the estimates from Q3 2006 onwards are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.

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Table 1A: Employment rates( 1) for people with disablities( 2) , by age group and ethnicity( 3) , calendar quarters, 1998 to 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Percentage
		People with disabilities
		16 to 24		25 to 34		35 to 49		50 to 59-64( 4)
		All	Non-white	All	Non-white	All	Non-white	All	Non-white
1998	Q2	48	n/a	52	n/a	49	n/a	35	n/a
	Q3	52	n/a	52	n/a	51	n/a	35	n/a
	Q4	51	n/a	52	n/a	52	n/a	36	n/a
1999	Q1	46	n/a	53	n/a	52	n/a	36	n/a
	Q2	47	n/a	54	n/a	54	n/a	38	n/a
	Q3	50	n/a	54	n/a	53	n/a	38	n/a
	Q4	48	n/a	53	n/a	54	n/a	39	n/a
2000	Q1	45	n/a	53	n/a	54	n/a	38	n/a
	Q2	45	n/a	53	n/a	53	n/a	39	n/a
	Q3	46	n/a	55	n/a	53	n/a	39	n/a
	Q4	48	n/a	56	n/a	54	n/a	39	n/a
2001	Q1	47	n/a	54	n/a	54	n/a	39	n/a
	Q2	48	38	54	37	53	40	39	25
	Q3	50	30	54	36	53	37	39	26
	Q4	48	31	54	42	55	41	40	29
2002	Q1	47	32	54	44	54	39	40	30
	Q2	46	32	53	44	55	37	41	27
	Q3	48	29	54	49	54	36	42	26
	Q4	48	27	56	48	55	37	43	26
2003	Q1	44	31	56	41	54	35	42	28
	Q2	44	34	56	40	54	37	43	30
	Q3	45	42	56	43	55	37	43	27
	Q4	45	43	54	39	56	39	42	32
2004	Q1	47	38	53	40	56	40	45	35
	Q2	45	40	54	44	55	41	43	36
	Q3	47	34	54	42	56	44	45	34
	Q4	48	30	54	36	56	42	45	32
2005	Q1	44	20	54	41	56	40	45	34
	Q2	44	19	54	39	56	44	45	29
	Q3	47	26	54	38	56	36	45	35
	Q4	44	28	56	40	56	36	45	33
2006	Q1	44	30	56	48	57	39	45	34
	Q2	43	29	53	38	56	42	46	33
	Q3	45	23	53	37	57	42	47	34
	Q4	43	24	53	41	56	42	46	35
2007	Q1	43	27	54	42	55	42	45	32
	Q2	40	28	55	39	54	40	47	35
	Q3	41	26	55	48	56	46	47	38
	Q4	44	25	55	39	55	41	47	35
2008	Q1	42	23	55	44	55	43	47	37
	Q2	43	29	57	44	56	43	47	36
	Q3	44	33	55	40	55	43	47	40
Source: Labour Force Survey

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