PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Unemployment: Eyesight (5 March 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people economically inactive in England due to eyesight problems.
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Answer
The latest published estimates for 2022/23 show that there were around 310,000 people aged 16 to 64 in the UK who were economically inactive and self-reported difficulties with their sight – this may not be the reason, or the only reason, for them being inactive. Of which, around 250,000 were living in England (source).
Figures for England are from the same underlying data source (Annual Population Survey) but are unpublished.
Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
11 March 2024
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