• 7 per cent of people with learning difficulties are in paid employment – most of which is part time
• 4 per cent of people with learning difficulties living in residential care are in paid employment
• Disabled people are more than six times as likely as non-disabled people to be out of work and on benefit
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• 58 per cent of people in work earn less than £10,000 a year
• A disabled employee has an 86 per cent above average attendance record, 90 per cent above average job performance and 97 per cent above average safety record
