Employers Forum on Disability

• Disabled Customers

• There are approximately 10M registered Disabled in the UK

• There are 6.2 million disabled people of working age in the UK, 18 per cent of the working population

Labour Force Survey 1998

• The value of the disability market in the UK is estimated to be £45-£50 billion per annum

Department of Work and Pensions 2002

• 75% of employers stated that there was no cost per disabled employee for adaptations

The Institute for Employment Studies 1998

Private Sector: Carrot and Stick