§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of diabetics are unemployed; and what percentage lose their jobs following diagnosis. [13594]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 6 February 1996]: Information is available from the labour force survey about the number of people of working age who, in response to the survey, say that they have a health problem or disability expected to last for more than a year which affects the kind of paid work they can do. In the summer—June to August—1995, 234,000 people among this group said they had diabetes and, of these, 7 per cent. were unemployed on the International Labour Organisation definition.