Leading Change for Disability Rights in Learning & Work

1. Kamran Mallick Into post-16 learning and work

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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