race for opportunity fact sheet ethnic minorities in the south east

Regional FactsheetEthnic Minorities in the UK - South East

Celebrating 15 years of Action on Race 1995-2010

1995 - 2010

About Race for Opportunity (RfO)RfO is committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. It is the only race diversity campaign that has access to and influence over the leaders of the UK’s best known organisations.

The campaign aims to:

• make clear the economic and business argument for organisations investing in race diversity;

• highlighttheresponsibility and role of leaders in delivering race diversity;

• communicate the need to speed up progress on the introduction of policies that further better representation of ethnic minorities;

• raiseawareness of the barriers preventing the BAME community from making progress in the workplace.

“There is an overwhelming opportunity for employers who embrace race diversity and inclusion to harness the diverse talent that exists in the UK today. The Race for Opportunity campaign in collaboration with its network members will continue to set the stage for race equality and progression in the UK and this challenge is one that I am very pleased to be part of.”

Ruby McGregor-Smith CEO, MITIE Group PLC and Chair, Race for Opportunity.

This factsheet is about ethnic minority people in the South East region and contains information that is available in the public domain.

Inside

[ 1 ] Landscape Data ........................................................................................................... 04

1.1 The South East picture ............................................................................................... 04

1.2 An overall snapshot of the UK ................................................................................. 04

[ 2 ] Where do ethnic minority people live in the South East? ............................ 05

[ 3 ] Focus on Slough ........................................................................................................... 06

[ 4 ] Education ........................................................................................................................07

4.1 Where do ethnic minority students study in the South East? ........................07

[ 5 ] Religion ........................................................................................................................... 08

5.1 A snapshot of the South East ................................................................................... 08

5.2 The UK overall picture ................................................................................................ 08

[ 6 ] Employment .................................................................................................................. 09

6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in the South East......................................... 09

6.2 Employment Rate - UK ................................................................................................ 09

[ 7 ] Simple steps to get started on race equality .................................................... 10

Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................11

Race for Opportunity Members ..............................................................12

Regional Factsheet • South East

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[ 1 ] Landscape Data

Source: NOMIS – number and proportion of ethnic minority population in NUTS1 regions in the UK - 2008

White British

White Irish

White Others

White/Caribbean

White/African

White/Asian

Other Mixed

Indian

Pakistani

Bangladeshi

Other Asian

Caribbean

African

Other Black

Chinese

Others

Total

7,304,678

82,405

221,906

23,742

9,493

29,977

22,567

89,219

58,520

15,358

23,518

27,452

24,582

4,880

33,089

29,259

8,000,645

91.3%

1.0%

2.8%

0.3%

0.1%

0.4%

0.3%

1.1%

0.7%

0.2%

0.3%

0.3%

0.3%

0.1%

0.4%

0.4%

100%

Ethnic Minority Group Number of People

Percentage of South Eastpopulation

(91.3% of South EastPopulation is White British)

South East Population By Ethnic Group


Source: NOMIS – number and proportion of ethnic minority population in NUTS1 regions in the UK - 2008

East of England

East Midlands

London

North East

North West

Northern IrelandScotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire and the Humber

435,400

371,100

2,735,800

100,900

543,500

29,800

145,700

583,700

163,400

91,500

792,500

471,900

7.7%

8.5%

36.2%

4.0%

8.0%

1.7%

2.9%

7.1%

3.2%

3.1%

14.8%

9.2%

6.7%

5.7%

42.3%

1.6%

8.4%

0.5%

2.3%

9.0%

2.5%

1.4%

12.3%

7.3%

Region Ethnic MinorityPopulation

Representation ofEthnic Minorities

Proportion of UKEthnic Minority

Population

Number, Representation and Proportion of Ethnic Minority Populationin NUTS1 Regions in the UK - 2008

United Kingdom 6,465,100 10.7% 100.0

1.1 The South East picture The South East has the largest population of any Government region of England. According to ONS, the population of 8.3 million people is expected to increase by more than 11% between 2006 and 2021. Source: http://www.seeda.co.uk/_documentbank/Profile

of_the_South_East_Feb_2010.pdf

• The South East also has the third largest proportion of the UK ethnic minority population. 9% of all ethnic minorities in the UK live in the South East.

Source: Census 2001

1.2 An overall snapshot of the UKLondon has the largest ethnic minority population in the UK. Of the 6.4 million ethnic minorities in the UK nearly half, 42.3%, live in London.


Source: 2001 Census, NOMIS

More than 10% of the UK workforce is from an ethnic minority background and over 20% of the emerging workforce (children in primary and secondary school education), are from an ethnic minority background. In addition to this, 16% of UK-domiciled students at university in the UK are from an ethnic minority background. Britain’s current and future talent pool is racially diverse and progressive employers understand that it makes good business sense to utilise and grow this pool of talent.

Split of Ethnic Minority Population by Districts

Windsor & MaidenHead - 2.6%

Rest of South East Region

Slough - 11.0%

Wycombe - 5.0%

Milton Keynes - 4.9%

Reading - 4.8%

Oxford - 4.4%

Southampton - 4.2%

Brighton & Hove - 3.6%

Medway - 3.4%

Crawley - 2.9%

- 53.2%

[ 2 ] Where do ethnic minority people live in the South East?

Slough has the largest proportion of ethnic minority people in the South East.



[ 3 ] Focus on Slough

In 2001, 25% of the total Pakistani population in the South East, and

19% of the total Indian population in the South East resided in Slough.

Mixed

Indian

Pakistani

3%

19%

25%

Ethnic Minority groupPercentage living

in Slough

Proportion of Ethnic Minority Population in Slough

Bangladeshi

Other Asian

Caribbean

African

Other Black

Chinese

Others

1%

9%

13%

9%

6%

1%

3%

• Currently there are areas of Slough where people falling into the “White British” category, as defined by the 2001 census, are actually a minority. The White British population of 4 of the 14 wards in Slough is less than 50% of the population living in those wards (hence they actually represent a minority), with 2 more wards where the percentage of White British is greater than, but very close to 50%.

• Since May 2004, Slough has seen a dramatic increase in people from Central and Eastern Europe. Notable examples would be the Polish community and people from the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).

Source: SLOUGH DEMOGRAPHICS- AN ANALYSIS

BY Slough Race Equality Council

• Information on this particular group of newcomers to Slough is limited and mostly anecdotal, but it is important to note the fact that the motivation of these new migrants is different, namely economic and not political. Also, it is extremely significant to note the importance of differentiating within the “White” group the various subgroups that make it up. While most of the East European newcomers would fall within the “White” group, most of them would typically fall within the “White Other” category as defined by the 2001 census.

Source: SLOUGH DEMOGRAPHICS- AN ANALYSIS

BY Slough Race Equality Council

• To summarise, the proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people living in Slough is much higher than that of surrounding areas, the South East average or the average in England & Wales. Moreover, their proportion in relation to the whole population of Slough is set to increase constantly.

• Slough Council made history by electing the country's first black female mayor, Lydia Simmons, in 1984



[ 4 ] Education

1 in 4 of pupils in primary school education in England are from an ethnic minority background. Source: DCSF release May 2009, ‘number of pupils in state maintained schools’

1 in 5 of pupils in secondary school education in England is from an ethnic minority background. Source: DCSF release May 2009, ‘number of pupils in state maintained schools’

Almost 1 in 6 (16%) of UK-domiciled students studying at UK universities is from an ethnic minority background. Source: 2007-08 ‘HESA Student Record’ published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).


20 40 60

Cranfield University

The University of Essex

University for the Creative Arts

The University of Portsmouth

Oxford Brookes University

The University of Reading

The University of Oxford

Rose Bruford College

The University of Chichester

The University of Winchester

16.1%

31.6%

15.0%

13.4%

13.1%

11.7%

11.5%

11.1%

10.9%

10.1%

9.6%

9.5%

8.8%

8.0%

7.9%

4.7%

4.5%

10 30 50

The Arts Institute at Bournemouth

Kingston University

Thames Valley University

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

Roehampton University

St Mary’s University College, Twickenham

Canterbury Christ Church University

Ravensbourne College of Designand Communication

48.9%

46.7%

38.5%

28.6%

26.9%

25.8%

25.1%

23.0%

17.9%

17.4%

16.7%

Total Ethnic Minority Representation:

All UK Unis. - 16.0%SE Pop. (18-24) - 7.4%

University of Hertfordshire

Buckinghamshire New University

The University of Buckingham

The University of Surrey

The University of Kent

The University of Brighton

Southampton Solent University

The University of Sussex

The University of Southampton

Bournemouth University

4.1 Where do ethnic minority students study in the South East?The representation of ethnic minorities was over the average 16.0% at nearly half of the universities in the South East of England. Some institutions had a significant percentage of ethnic minority students, such as Kingston University (48.9%) and the University of Surrey (23.0%), despite the BAME representation in the local population being only 7.4%. The University of Southampton and Bournemouth University both had under 10% BAME representation in their student population.

Ethnic Minorities at Universities in the South East (2007 - 08)

“More BAME students join the unemployed after graduation than White graduates and male Chinese and Pakistani students are twice as likely as the average to be unemployed” (2006)Source: www.aimhigher.ac.uk/sites/practitioner/resources/Conf%20

Summary%20Report%20final%20(2).pdfSource: 2007-08 ‘HESA Student Record’ published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).


[ 5 ] Religion

5.1 A snapshot of the South East

Slough has the highest percentage of Muslim (13.4%) and Hindu residents (4.5%) in the South East region. Source: www.wikipedia

In addition, 9% of the population declared their religion as Sikh at the 2001 Census, making Slough the area with the highest proportion of Sikhs in Britain. Source: SLOUGH DEMOGRAPHICS- AN ANALYSIS BY Slough Race Equality Council

Religions within the UK

Christian - 71.6%

Buddhist - 0.3%

Hindu - 1%

Jewish - 0.5%

Muslim - 2.7%

Sikh - 0.6%

Other - 0.3%

No Religion/Religion not stated - 23%

5.2 The UK overall picture

In the UK, 2.7% of the population stated their religion as Muslim making this the most common religion after Christianity. Figures for England, alone, show that 3.1% of the population state their religion as Muslim.

Source: Census 2001 – Profiles - UK




[ 6 ] Employment

6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in the South East

The South East has the highest number of residents in employment out of all regions in the UK. In October 2009 there were 4.15 million people in employment. Source: http://www.seeda.co.uk/_documentbank/Profile_of_the_South_East_Feb_2010.pdf

The employment rate for people of working age in the South East was 77% in October 2009, the highest rate of any region of the UK and 4.5 percentage points above the UK average (72.5%). Source: http://www.seeda.co.uk/_documentbank/Profile_of_the_South_East_Feb_2010.pdf

• ThemostrecentstatisticsfortheBAMEpopulationwithintheSouthEastpertainto2003andrevealthattheBAMEpopulationhadpersistentlyloweremploymentrates:

• The employment rates for white populations in Milton Keynes was 81.4 per cent against 66.1 per cent for people from the BAME group and 46 per cent for people of Pakistani/Bangladeshi origin.

Source: South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)-Race Equality

Scheme 2005-2008

• Windsor and Maidenhead had 79.2 per cent of the white population in employment against 63.8 per cent of the BAME population and 37.1 per cent of people from Pakistani/ Bangladeshi origin.


Scheme 2005-2008

• 32 per cent of Black and Black British in Portsmouth were in employment against 57 per cent of the BAME population and 78.9 per cent of the white population.


Scheme 2005-2008

• The unemployment rate for the white group population in 2003 was 3.8 per cent, the BAME unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent.


Scheme 2005-2008

• 11 per cent of the BAME population in Milton Keynes were unemployed against 4.7 per cent of the white population, with more than one in five people of Pakistani/Bangladeshi origin unemployed.


Scheme 2005-2008

• 10.2 per cent of the BAME population in Portsmouth and 8.3 per cent in Reading were unemployed against 4.7 per cent and 5.4 per cent of the white population respectively.


Scheme 2005-2008

6.2 Employment Rate - UK

The ethnic minority employment gap as of Q3 2009 was 13.8 percentage points.

The UK ethnic minority employment rate is 59.2%

Young ethnic minorities (aged 16 – 24 years) appear to be particularly affected by the recession, as the ethnic minority employment rate for young people has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2008.Source: ‘Ethnic Minorities in the Labour Market: Quarter 3, 2009 - Ethnic Minority

Analysis Team, November 2009


Leadership

• Consider appointing a Diversity / Race Diversity Champion to lead on the race agenda within your organisation.

• Develop a clear business case for working on race and link it to business objectives.

• Develop an action plan on race and integrate it into the key performance indicators of your managers.

People and Employees

• Tell your recruitment agencies, recruitment consultants and head-hunters that your organisation

is committed to racial equality and ask them to send you lists containing diverse candidates.

• Explicitly state in your recruitment marketing materials that individuals from diverse backgrounds

are welcome in your organisation.

• Monitor the ethnicity of your workforce and compare it to the local population.

Customers, Clients and Service Users

• Ensure your marketing teams or policy makers are signed up to your organisation’s commitment to

race equality.

• Review your advertising and promotional material to ensure they reflect the diverse marketplace, both in the content and images used.

• Consider including ethnic minorities in your focus groups and evaluation sessions for promotional or marketing campaigns.

Community Involvement

• Review the community impact work being done by your organisation and check whether they impact

on diverse communities.

• As education and skills are the critical components of any workforce, consider partnering with a local school where ethnic minority children could benefit from increased educational attainment.

• Develop links with local universities that have relatively high proportions of ethnic minority students and offer work placements/experiences.

Supplier Diversity

• Do an audit of your current suppliers to find out whether you have awarded any contracts to ethnic minority owned businesses.

• Consider publishing clear guidance notes to help ethnic minority businesses tender for contracts

with your organisation.

• Send your procurement officers to local supplier events to raise their awareness of products/services available from local ethnic minority suppliers.

[ 7 ] Simple steps to get started on Race Equality




Acknowledgements

This publication has been made possible through funding from the Department for Local Communities and Government (DCLG) Tackling Race Inequalities Fund (TRIF)

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Race for Opportunity Board Members

MITIEMs Ruby McGregor-SmithCEO and Chair RfO

ASDA Ms Sarah DickinsRetail People Director

Barclays Bank PLC Mr Vivek Ramachandran Head of UK Cash and Trade

British ArmyColonel Mark AbrahamAssistant Director Employment

BT Mr Ray Lerclerq Chief Financial Officer, Global Services

EDF Energy Mr Patrick ClarkeDirector of Connections

KPMG Ms Michelle Quest Head of People for the UK

Department of Health Mr Surinder SharmaNational Director for Equality & Human Rights

Appointment Commission Ms Anne WattsCBE, Chair

Paradoes Mr Denys RaynerCEO

Pertemps People Management Ms Carmen Watson, Managing Director - Commercial Division

Roast Mr Iqbal WahhabCEO

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd Mr Jat Sahota Head of Corporate Responsibility

Shell Companies in the UK Mr James Smith, Chairman

The Royal Bank of Scotland GroupMr Ron Teerlink Chief Administrative Officer

Transport for London Mr Andrew Quincey Director of Group Procurement

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