Annual Report 2008

The Office for Disability's Annual Report 2008, 'Turning equality into reality', updates our role in leading work to deliver the Government's vision of equality for disabled people 2025

Our Annual Report 2008 provides an update on the role of the Office for Disability Issues in leading work to deliver the government's vision of equality for disabled people 2025. It sets out where progress has been made and our priorities for the coming year.

The Report is also accompanied by an annex which provides supporting information on the initial set of measures and baseline information, developed in consultation with disabled people, against which progress to meeting the Government’s aims of disability equality by 2025 will be measured.

Annual Report 2008

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Annual Report 2008 Annex: Indicators data

Introduction
A) Children and younger people
B) Employment outcomes and opportunities
C) Disability poverty
D) Discrimination and attitudes
E) Participation and opportunities
F) Access and use of goods and services
G) Access and suitability of housing
H) Crime and justice
I) Independent living

Introduction

The indicators published in this annex are a starting point in measuring progress towards disability equality.

This data is available in two forms.

The data linked from the table shown below presents the most accurate and up-to-date figures available to the ODI, and are amended as new data comes in throughout the year.

The total indicator data is also available in a complete, print-ready PDF at the bottom of this page. This PDF represents a snapshot of the indicator data as of 1 December 2008 and will not be updated.

The main areas covered are

disabled children and young people
employment outcomes and opportunities
disability poverty
discrimination and attitudes
participation in positive activities
access and use of goods and services
accessibility and suitability of housing
crime and justice

We are aware that the current set of indicators does not cover all areas that disa bled people have told us are important to measure.

One reason for this is a lack of information available to measure many of the things that disabled people have told us are important. In order to fill these gaps, the ODI is working with partners across government to improve the collection of information on disability.

As part of our ongoing effort to improve the indictators selected to measure progress we have expanded the indicators data to include additional indicators (poverty, crime, and access to financial services etc) as well as expanding existing ones (mainly around employment and educational qualifications).

We will continue to work to improve the data collected and presented to ensure that there is transparency in relation to how disabled people's life chances compare to non-disabled people .

The evidence base contained in the Annual Report Indicators Annex 2008 constitutes the baseline from which progress on the Independent Living Strategy (ILS) will be measured.

At present, ten indicators are already part of the Annual Report:

Percentage of disabled people experiencing any difficulties in using transport related to their health problem or disability
Full size buses with low floor wheelchair access
Employment rates
Unfair treatment at work
Percentage of children living in income poverty
Individuals living in income poverty
Volunteering
Civic participation
Participation in cultural, sporting and leisure activities
Use of childcare

We recognise the critical importance of tracking progress on the ILS and work is actively ongoing to expand and improve the ILS indicators suite. Additional key indicators of progress will be published online as data becomes available.

	Data moving in right direction
	Data moving in wrong direction
\|\|	Broadly constant trend or no significant change
	Only baseline data available or insufficient data to determine a trend
	Insufficient data to determine significance level of change


A) Disabled children and young people	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
A1. Use of childcare	\|\|	\|\|
A2. Unauthorised absence from school
A3. Achievement at Key Stage 2 English Maths Science
A4. Achievement at Key Stage 3 English Maths Science		\|\|
A5. Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C
A6. 16 year olds studying for Level 3 qualifications
A7. Young people who attain Level 3 qualifications by age 18
A8. Young people with experience of higher education by age 19
A9. First degree qualifiers attaining a first or upper second class degree	N/A	N/A
A10. Students who do not continue in higher education after their first year	N/A	N/A
A11. Satisfaction with higher education courses	\|\|	\|\|
A12. The first destination of graduates 6 months after graduating	N/A	N/A
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B) Employment outcome and opportunities	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
B1. Employment rates		\|\|
B2. Employment rates of disabled people, by impairment type	N/A	N/A
B3. Economic activity	N/A	N/A
B4. Individuals in high-level employment	\|\|	\|\|
B5. Working age people who have never worked
B6. Working age people in work who would like to work more hours
B7. Hourly wage rates
B8. Highest educational qualifications in the working age population No qualifications Level 2 Degree-level	\|\| \|\|	\|\| \|\|
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C) Disability poverty	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
C1. Children living in income poverty Before housing costs After housing costs	\|\|	\|\| \|\|
C2. Children living in income poverty and material deprivation
C3. Individuals living in income poverty Before housing costs After housing costs		\|\| \|\|
C4. Households living in fuel poverty	N/A	N/A
C5. Individuals living in persistent poverty Before housing costs After housing costs	\|\|	N/A N/A
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D) Discrimination and attitudes	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
D1. Unfair treatment at work
D2. The awareness of the DDA, in the general population		\|\|
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E) Participation in positive activities	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
E1. Volunteering Formal volunteering Informal volunteering	\|\|	\|\|
E2. Civic participation	\|\|	\|\|
E3. Participation in cultural, sporting and leisure activities	N/A	N/A
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F) Access and use of goods and services	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
F1. Full size buses with low floor wheelchair access
F2. Disabled people experiencing difficulties in using transport	\|\|	\|\|
F3. Households with access to the internet	\|\|	\|\|
F4. Difficulties in accessing goods or services		\|\|
F5. Adults without savings and bank accounts
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G) Access and suitability of housing	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
G1. Suitability of accommodation for disabled people requiring adaptations to their home	\|\|	\|\|
G2. Households living in non-decent accommodation
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H) Crime and justice	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
H1. The risk of being a victim of crime	N/A	N/A
H2. Confidence in the Criminal Justice System	N/A	N/A
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I) Independent Living	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data
I1. Disabled people’s perception of the choice and control they have over their lives	N/A	N/A
I2. People with long-term conditions supported to be independent and in control of their condition	N/A	N/A
I3. 16-18 year olds not in employment, education or training (NEET)	N/A	N/A
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Annual Report 2008 Indicators Annex (full version) (PDF, 73 pages, 5.4 MB) Adobe Acrobat PDF Logo N.B. This file contains data current on 1 December 2008. Please refer to the table above for the most recent data.