Unemployment: Musculoskeletal Disorders
(asked on 8th May 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the the number of people who are out of work because of a musculoskeletal condition.
Information on the number of people who are out of work because of a musculoskeletal condition is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions.
The available published information on the number of disabled people aged 16 to 64 with a musculoskeletal condition by employment status in the UK is shown in the table below.
Number of disabled people (in thousands) aged 16 to 64 with a musculoskeletal condition by employment status, UK
| Main long-term health condition | Main or secondary long-term health condition | ||||
| Total | In employment | Not in employment | Total | In employment | Not in employment |
2013/14 | 2,386 | 1,217 | 1,169 | 3,712 | 1,594 | 2,119 |
2014/15 | 2,460 | 1,308 | 1,152 | 3,835 | 1,735 | 2,099 |
2015/16 | 2,438 | 1,317 | 1,121 | 3,850 | 1,760 | 2,090 |
2016/17 | 2,409 | 1,354 | 1,056 | 3,746 | 1,795 | 1,950 |
2017/18 | 2,355 | 1,367 | 988 | 3,684 | 1,818 | 1,866 |
2018/19 | 2,365 | 1,367 | 999 | 3,688 | 1,829 | 1,859 |
2019/20 | 2,342 | 1,404 | 938 | 3,698 | 1,908 | 1,790 |
2020/21 | 2,130 | 1,227 | 902 | 3,623 | 1,789 | 1,834 |
2021/22 | 2,258 | 1,323 | 934 | 3,763 | 1,879 | 1,884 |
2022/23 | 2,342 | 1,346 | 996 | 3,974 | 1,974 | 2,001 |
Data source: Annual Population Survey (APS) - The employment of Disabled People 2023 (LMS003 and LMS004)
Notes:
- Numbers are rounded to and shown to the nearest 1000.
- Numbers are central estimates and subject to sampling variation. The precision of these estimates will be limited by sample size.
- Annual Population Survey data has not been reweighted to incorporate the latest estimates of the size and composition of the UK population.