§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the ethnic groups present in the United Kingdom and indicate the number of adult (i) males, (ii) females and (iii) children in each such group. [81156]
§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. William Ross, dated 16 April 1999
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the ethnic groups present in the United Kingdom.
The latest information available, from the first three quarters of the 1998 Labour Force Survey, is shown for Great Britain in the table.
Estimated numbers of males and females aged 18 and over and the number of children aged under 18, 19981, Great Britain Thousand Ethnic group Adult male Adult female children under 18 Total population White 19,986 21,019 11,971 53,066 Black—caribbean 169 205 134 509 Black—African 121 107 123 351 Black—Other(non-mixed) 53 68 177 298 Indian 354 332 261 948 Pakistani 171 166 219 557 Bangladeshi 60 53 108 222 Chinese 64 74 33 171 Other—Asian (non-mixed> 74 77 50 202 Other—Other 97 108 190 395 All ethnic groups2 21,154 22,305 13,272 56,731 1Average of the first three quarters 2Includes ethnic group not stated Source
Labour Force Survey; covers population in private households only