HL Deb 13 July 2000 vol 615 cc53-4WA
The Earl of Listowel

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What percentage of the population of the United Kingdom is composed of:

  1. (a) men of Afro-Caribbean ethnic origin;
  2. (b) women of Afro-Caribbean ethnic origin;
  3. (c) men of Asian ethnic origin; and
  4. (d) women of Asian ethnic origin. [HL3233]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter to the Earl of Listowel from the National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales, Office for National Statistics, Mr Len Cook, dated 13 July 2000.

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Question on the proportions of men and women of Afro-Caribbean and Asian ethnic origin in the United Kingdom.

Annual estimates of the population by ethnic group are only available for residents in private households. They are made using data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a sample survey in which respondents living in private households are asked to select from a list of ethnic groups the one to which they consider they belong.

The attached table gives the estimated numbers of men and women aged 16 and over in minority ethnic groups that include those of Afro-Caribbean and Asian origin—and the percentages they form of the population of men and women aged 16 and over in private households in the United Kingdom.

Estimated minority ethnic populations, living in private households, 1999, United Kingdom
Estimated number (thousands) aged 16 and over in private households Percentages
Ethnic group Men Women Men Women
Total ethnic groups (including White)1 22,694 23,794 100.0 100.0
Afro-Caribbean 210 239 0.9 1.0
Black—Caribbean 180 203 0.8 0.9
Black—Other (non-mixed)2 30 36 0.1 0.2
Asian 789 790 3.5 3.3
Indian 356 356 1.6 1.5
Pakistani 219 206 1.0 0.9
Bangladeshi 87 73 0.4 0.3
Chinese 53 63 0.2 0.3
Other—Asian (non-mixed) 74 93 0.3 0.4
Source:
Labour Force Survey.
1 Includes Not Stated.
2 Black—Other (non-mixed) cannot be further disaggregated and may include a number of people who are not of Afro-Caribbean ethnic group.