§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will publish the survey that shows that over 1 million disabled people want to work. [26543]
§ Ms HarmanAnalysis of the data from the Summer 1997 Labour Force Survey, released by the Office for National Statistics in December 1997, suggests that over 1 million people with a long-term disability1 in Great Britain want to work. The analysis estimates that 354,000 disabled people of working age2 are unemployed3 and seeking work, and a further 935,000 disabled people who are not working4 would like to work.
Notes:
1 Those with a current disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, more than a year. This category includes those with a disability which limits the kind or amount of work they can do, or has a substantial adverse impact on their day-to-day activities; and those known to have a progressive condition. It may exclude some people with progressive conditions and severe disfigurements who feel that these do not limit their work or have a substantial adverse impact on their day-to-day activities. The definition of disability in the Labour Force Survey (LFS) has been changed to take account of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, resulting in changes in the numbers recorded as disabled. This particular definition of disability is not available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) prior to Spring 1997.2 People of working age: men aged 16–64, women aged 16–59.3 The Office for National Statistics measure of unemployment, derived from the LFS is defined on a consistent and internationally recognised basis set out by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and counts unemployed people who are: (a) without a paid job: (b) available to start work within the next two weeks and (c) have either looked for work in the last four weeks or are waiting to start a job already obtained.4 Not in employment or ILO unemployed.