Into post-16 learning and work Kamran Mallick Into post-16 learning and work

Disabled People Leading Change Disability Rights UK National charity We are disabled people leading change working for equal participation for all Majority of trustees, staff and volunteers have lived experience of disability or health conditions Strategic priorities: Independent living- getting a life Career opportunities – getting work, education Influencing public attitudes and behaviours Disabled People Leading Change

Disabled People Leading Change Core work Information and advice designed by and for disabled people and people living with long term health conditions Website reaches 1.6 million people per year; over 43,000 twitter followers Over 100,000 downloads of our factsheets 1,560 individuals received through Disabled Students helpline - 0800 328 5050 Disabled People Leading Change

Disabled People Leading Change Enquiries from the helpline covered a variety of areas of learning Undergraduate study 48% Further Education and Adult Education 34% Postgraduate study (incl. PGCEs) 14% Apprenticeships and other work-based training 4% 55% of enquiries were disability rights issues such as entitlement to benefits, the Equality Act and complaints about providers. 45% of the enquiries could be categorised as careers information and advice. Disabled People Leading Change

Disabled People Leading Change Key facts There were 3.5 million people of working age (16-64) with disabilities in employment between April and June 2017, an employment rate of 49.2%. The employment rate for people without disabilities was 80.6%. The employment rate for people with disabilities was 1.3 percentage points higher in April-June 2017 than in the same period in 2016. In this period the number of people with disabilities in employment has risen by 104,000. Disabled People Leading Change

Disabled People Leading Change Key facts 346,000 people with disabilities of working age were unemployed. People with disabilities have an unemployment rate of 9.0%. The unemployment rate for people without disabilities was 3.8%. 3.8 million people with disabilities of working age were economically inactive. The economic inactivity rate for those with disabilities is 45.9%. The economic inactivity rate for people without disabilities was 16.2%. (From House of Commons Briefing Paper, 8 January 2018) Disabled People Leading Change

Key facts There are between 13.3 - 13.9 million disabled people in the UK 16% - 19% of working age adults are disabled 7% - 8%of children are disabled 36% of disabled children report having a learning impairment and 42% report a social/behavioural impairment

Disabled People Leading Change Key facts Non-disabled graduates are more likely to be in full time employment than disabled graduates while disabled graduates are more likely to be unemployed Full-time disabled workers earn on average 12.6% less than full-time non-disabled people Disabled People Leading Change

Disabled People Leading Change Key facts Disabled young people aged 16 -18 were at least twice as likely as their non-disabled peers to not be in education, employment or training The proportion of disabled people with no qualifications is nearly three times that of non- disabled people Disabled people are around 3 times as likely not to hold any qualifications compared to non-disabled people, and around half as likely to hold a degree- level qualification . Disabled People Leading Change

Business attitudes to hiring disabled workers Biggest personal worry when interviewing someone with a disability: Using incorrect terminology - 32% Knowing when to offer help -38% Breaking the law by asking questions not permitted under the Equality Act -22% Disabled People Leading Change

Business attitudes to hiring disabled workers Biggest barrier to employing someone with a disability: Concern about ability to do the job - 45% Concern about cost of adaptations – 28% Concern about integration with team – 15% (From: Purple) Disabled People Leading Change