HC Deb 22 November 1995 vol 267 c134W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the population is(a) white European, (b) Asian, (c) black and (d) other ethnic minorities. [113]

Mr. Sackville

The latest available information from the labour force survey is shown in the table:

Ethnic group Estimated percentage of private household population of Great Britain during period June 1994 to May 1995
White 194.2
Asian 3.4
Black 1.7
Other groups 0.6
Total 2100.0
1 All but 0.5 per cent, of people in the White group are estimated to have European Nationality (Including Turkey and nations from the former USSR).
2 Percentages do not sum exactly to 100.0 because of rounding.

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