Official Statistics

The employment of disabled people 2021

These statistics give a detailed analysis and breakdowns of the number of disabled people in employment.

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The employment of disabled people 2021

Data tables: The employment of disabled people 2021 (ODS)

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Data tables: The employment of disabled people 2021 (XLS)

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Details

These statistics relate to the employment of working-age disabled people in the UK.

This release contains annual data to March 2021 and quarterly data to June 2021. It therefore covers the first 12 to 15 months of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Users should be aware of the potential effect of the pandemic and should interpret results, particularly across different time periods, with care.

Updates to this page

Published 4 November 2021
Last updated 11 February 2022 + show all updates
  1. Published a revised version of Figure 19 and explanatory text in the HTML document. Table 19 of the underlying data tables has also been revised. The revision means that only employees are now being included in the table – as opposed to all people in employment. This has changed the percentage of employees who are employed by small employers to 43.5%, not 39.6% as originally stated. No other changes have been made.

  2. First published.

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