evidence: Between 2013/2014 and 2021/2022, the number of people reporting a long-term health condition increased by 2.6m (22.4%). Of those with a long-term health condition, the number of people who reported their condition limited their day-to-day activities (classifying them as disabled) increased by 2.1m (30.7%). Of those, the number who reported their day-to-day activities were limited a lot increased by 850,000 (29.8%). To put this into context the increase in number (850,000) is the same as for the working-age population as whole during the same period. The number and rate of people reporting a long-term health condition or classified as disabled (including those whose day-to-day activities were limited a lot) is increasing faster now than in each of the last nine years. 2021/2022 saw the largest annual increase in number of people reporting a long-term health condition 610,000 (4.4%), classified as disabled 730,000 (8.8%) and disabled, limited a lot 410,000 (12.3%). [...] The proportion of disabled people reporting more than one long-term health condition was generally falling prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic - from 60.7% in 2013/2014 to 55.9% in 2019/2020. In 2020/2021 the proportion increased to 60.4% before falling again in 2021/2022 to 57.5%, which is still above the pre-pandemic figure.