Interruption to statistics on disability and employment
The failure to release statistics from the Labour Force survey (LFS) on time for the Monetary Policy Committee to use them in setting the interest […]
Disability-related employment disadvantage: Some insights from DWP’s Annual Report Disability and Employment Statistics 2022
DWP published its statistical report on disability and employment in January 2023. Disability@Work highlight key results and draw some conclusions in relation the ambition of […]
DWP acknowledge no change in disability employment disadvantage 10 years on
Disability@work has long argued that the disability employment gap is a poor indicator of disability disadvantage (see links 1 and 2). Until now DWP has […]
Disability@work link post-COVID-19 labour supply shortages to rise in disability prevalence
In a roundtable organised by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in May 2023 Melanie of Disability@work presented analysis highlighting the role of the post […]
Response to Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry Report on the Disability Employment Gap published July 30th
Using research from disability@work, the Disability News Service conclude that “MPs and academics have dismissed claims by ministers in their new National Disability Strategy that […]
National Disability Strategy CP512 Published July 28th 2021
The long-awaited National Disability Strategy (NDS) was finally published in July 2021. disability@work provide a reflection and a formal response to this set of proposals which will guide future disability policy, particularly in relation to employment.
