Statistics Release: ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IMPLEMENTATION OF ?THE SAME AS YOU?? SCOTLAND 2004

LOCAL AUTHORITY	2003		2004
LOCAL AUTHORITY	Total Adults	*Estimate of adults as % of known*	Voluntary Work	Non-Open Employment	Open Employment	Total Adults	*Estimate of adults as % of known*
Aberdeen City	146	69%	42	97	15	154	26%
Aberdeenshire	249	27%	67	259	45	371	25%
Angus	54	15%	23	0	13	36	8%
Argyll & Bute	157	61%	18	17	32	67	21%
Clackmannanshire	10	8%	12	0	14	26	20%
Dumfries & Galloway	185	45%	122	80	22	224	32%
Dundee City	84	7%	64	27	2	93	7%
East Ayrshire	53	11%	63	7	8	78	14%
East Dunbartonshire	42	16%	17	26	3	46	13%
East Lothian	105	31%	6	84	17	107	33%
East Renfrewshire	16	8%	13	0	5	18	5%
Edinburgh, City of	85	4%	22	3	59	84	4%
Eilean Siar	37	31%	0	0	32	32	27%
Falkirk	12	3%	12	54	20	86	15%
Fife	116	16%	134	61	153	348	38%
Glasgow City	136	5%	80	32	37	149	5%
Highland	82	8%	23	25	94	142	19%
Inverclyde	32	12%	0	57	0	57	15%
Midlothian	65	15%	53	27	32	112	27%
Moray	68	19%	28	25	1	54	14%
North Ayrshire	37	8%	12	18	1	31	5%
North Lanarkshire	121	10%	13	26	91	130	6%
Orkney Islands	22	24%	20	10	7	37	41%
Perth & Kinross	74	17%	34	51	12	97	24%
Renfrewshire	70	12%	20	37	25	82	8%
Scottish Borders	42	13%	32	0	39	71	20%
Shetland Islands	39	39%	1	29	14	44	46%
South Ayrshire	61	21%	66	1	48	115	33%
South Lanarkshire	133	19%	93	33	15	141	14%
Stirling	57	16%	33	8	17	58	16%
West Dunbartonshire	26	11%	3	0	21	24	6%
West Lothian	77	15%	52	36	3	91	17%
TOTAL	2,493	14%	1,178	1,130	897	3,205	14%

Source: 'The Same As You?' annual survey - 2004

Notes

Types of employment
Voluntary Work - The person does not get paid but may get expenses.
Non-open Employment - All the people doing the work task are people with learning disabilities and the workplace has been set up specifically for people with learning disabilities. The person gets an allowance rather than a wage for the work they do.
Open Employment - The person is included in a staff group that has people who don't have learning disabilities and gets the going rate for the job. There is an open market demand for the service provided or the manufactured goods produced. Posts have been or could be put out to open job adverts.
Employment figures have been estimated for one local authority
Care should be taken when comparing 2003 and 2004 figures. Differences between these figures can be partially accounted for by changes to guidance associated with the survey and improvements in data collection techniques as well as actual changes in the numbers known to authorities.

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