§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish a table from the latest Labour Force Survey showing the population resident in each metropolitan county broken down by ethnic origin, showing both the number resident and the proportion of each ethnic group.
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§ Mr. DorrellThe tables give the information requested from the Labour Force Survey. To improve their reliability the data are presented as averages from three year's surveys (1986, 1987, and 1988); nevertheless, the data are still subject to sampling errors. The volumes for
Estimated private household population resident in metropolitan counties by ethnic group, Great Britain, 1986–88 (a) Number of people (thousands) Ethnic group Metropolitan county of residence Greater London Greater Manchester West Midlands West Yorkshire Other Metropolitan counties All Metropolitan counties Great Britain White 5,462 2,397 2,256 1,856 3,736 15,707 51,470 All ethnic minority groups 1,100 134 326 162 77 1,820 2,577 West Indian or Guyanese 288 20 77 18 7 410 495 African 77 2 3 2 6 91 112 Indian 333 36 130 38 8 546 787 Pakistani 72 47 70 80 13 282 428 Bangladeshi 51 4 17 5 7 84 108 Chinese 51 5 1 2 9 69 125 Arab 31 3 4 3 6 48 73 Mixed 104 13 18 11 15 160 287 Others 92 3 5 4 6 110 163 Not stated 78 29 18 13 32 170 472 All groups 6,640 2,560 2,600 2,031 3,845 17,675 54,519
(5) Percentages of population of each county Percentages of totals Ethnic group Metropolitan county of residence Greater London Greater Manchester West Midlands West Yorkshire Other met counties All met. counties White 82 94 87 91 97 89 All ethnic minority groups 17 5 13 8 2 10 West Indian or Guyanese 4 1 3 1 0 2 African 1 0 0 0 0 1 Indian 5 1 5 2 0 3 Pakistani 1 2 3 4 0 2 Bangladeshi 1 0 1 0 0 0 Chinese 1 0 0 0 0 0 Arab 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mixed 2 1 1 1 0 1 Others 1 0 0 0 0 1 Not stated 1 1 1 1 1 1 All groups 100 100 100 100 100 100 Source: 1986, 1987, and 1988 Labour Force Surveys—estimates are subject to sampling error.