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Regional FactsheetEthnic Minorities in the UK - Yorkshire and the Humber

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;

• highlight the responsibility 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;

• raise awareness 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 all about ethnic minority people in Yorkshire and the Humber and contains information that is available in the public domain.

Inside

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

1.1 Yorkshire and the Humber picture ......................................................................... 04

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

[ 2 ] Where do ethnic minority people live in Yorkshire and the Humber? ..... 05

[ 3 ] Focus on Bradford ....................................................................................................... 06

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

4.1 Where do ethnic minority students study in Yorkshire and the Humber? ..07

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

5.1 A snapshot of Yorkshire and the Humber ............................................................ 08

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

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

6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in Yorkshire and the Humber .................. 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 • Yorkshire and the Humber

04 I Race for Opportunity (RfO) | Regional Factsheet

[ 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

4,551,394

32,735

57,134

18,187

4,095

14,218

8,494

51,493

146,330

12,330

12,333

21,308

9,626

3,329

12,341

9,486

4,964,833

91.7%

0.7%

1.2%

0.4%

0.1%

0.3%

0.2%

1.0%

2.9%

0.2%

0.2%

0.4%

0.2%

0.1%

0.2%

0.2%

100%

Ethnic Minority Group Number of People

Percentage of York & Humberpopulation

(91.7% of York & HumberPopulation is White British)

Yorkshire and Humberside 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 Yorkshire and the Humber picture After London, Yorkshireand the Humber has the third largest representation of the ethnic minority population in the UK. • Of the well established

black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) population in Yorkshire and the Humber, the largest group is the Asian community. This community is concentrated in West Yorkshire, and to a lesser extent South Yorkshire.

Source: Young People’s Learning Division of the

Learning and Skills Council Yorkshire and the

Humber 14-19 Regional Commissioning Statement

November 2009

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



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.

[ 2 ] Where do ethnic minority people live in Yorkshire and the Humber?

Of the 21 districts in Yorkshire and the Humber, Bradford has the largest concentration of ethnic minority people.

31.4% of the ethnic minority population in Yorkshire and the Humber stay in Bradford


Source: 2001 Census, NOMIS

Split of Ethnic Minority Population by Districts

Split of Ethnic Minority Population by Districts

Districts with the highest ethnic minority populations

Districts with the highest ethnic minority populations

Birmingham - 48.9%

Rest of West Midlands - 8.6%

Telford and Wrekin - 1.4%

Warwick - 1.5%

Solihull - 1.8%

Stoke-on-Trent - 2.1%

Dudley - 3.3%

Walsall - 5.8%

Coventry - 8.1%

Wolverhampton - 8.9%

Sandwell - 9.7%

Birmingham - 48.9%



Warwick - 1.5%

Solihull - 1.8%


Dudley - 3.3%

Walsall - 5.8%

Coventry - 8.1%


Sandwell - 9.7%

Birmingham - 48.9%



Warwick - 1.5%

Solihull - 1.8%


Dudley - 3.3%

Walsall - 5.8%

Coventry - 8.1%


Sandwell - 9.7%

York - 1.2%

Rest of Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford - 31.4%

Leeds - 18.0%

Kirklees - 17.3%

Sheffield - 13.9%

Calderdale - 4.1%

Rotherham - 2.4%

Wakefield - 2.2%

Doncaster - 2.1%

City of Kingston upon Hull - 1.8%

- 5.6%


[ 3 ] Focus on Bradford

In 2001, 46% of the total Pakistani population in Yorkshire and the Humber, and 40% of the total Bangladeshi population in Yorkshire and the Humber resided in Bradford.

Mixed

Indian

Pakistani

15%

24%

46%

Ethnic Minority groupPercentage living

in Bradford

Proportion of Ethnic Minority Population in Bradford

Bangladeshi

Other Asian

Caribbean

African

Other Black

Chinese

Others

40%

24%

14%

10%

10%

7%

11%

• Projections indicate that the BAME community within Yorkshire and the Humber is set to increase in coming years, with the Asian community seeing the largest growth. West Yorkshire will see the biggest growth in its BAME community, particularly in Bradford.

Source: Young People’s Learning Division of the Learning and Skills Council

Yorkshire and the Humber 14-19 Regional Commissioning Statement

November 2009

• In general the growth of the ethnic minority population in Bradford will be greater than in Yorkshire and Humber across all non-White groups: in particular the Chinese population will grow by over 168%. The Mixed and Asian populations will each grow by more than 90% compared to just over 56% and 68% respectively in Yorkshire. The White population in Bradford is actually forecast to decrease by 0.5% by 2030 compared to an increase of around 4% in Yorkshire as a whole.

Source: Labour Market Profile of Bradford July 2007 - Capita Health

Service Partners

• The projected increase in the ethnic minority population in Bradford suggests that by 2030, the Asian population will have increased to 32% of total population, compared to only 8% for Yorkshire & Humber as a whole, as the chart above shows. The White population of Bradford is projected to be in the region of 62%, compared to 88% in the rest of the region. The other ethnic minority populations will however remain small, though higher than in Yorkshire and Humber.

Source: Labour Market Profile of Bradford July 2007 - Capita Health

Service Partner

[ 3 ] Focus on Bradford



[ 4 ] Education

1 in 4 of pupils in primary school education in England is 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).

Leeds College of Music

10 20 30 40

The University of Bradford

The University of Huddersfield

The University of Sheffield

Sheffield Hallam University

The University of Leeds

Leeds Trinity and All Saints

The University of York

The University of Hull

Leeds Metropolitan University

York St John University

16.2%

12.6%

12.5%

12.3%

11.3%

7.0%

6.7%

5.8%

3.4%

9.5%Total Ethnic Minority Representation

All UK Unis. - 16.0%Y&H Pop. (18-24) - 10.7%

47.6%

50

4.1 Where do ethnic minority students study in Yorkshire and the Humber?During the academic year 2007-08, representation of ethnic minorities at universities in Yorkshire and the Humber, including the universities of Sheffield and Leeds, was generally below the national average of 16.0%. However, the University of Bradford had nearly three times (47.6%) the average proportion of ethnic minority students, a percentage that was significantly different to all other universities in the region.

Ethnic Minorities at Universities in Yorkshire and the Humber (2007 - 08)

[ 4 ] Education

“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%20Summary%20Report%20final%20(2).pdf

Source: 2007-08 ‘HESA Student Record’

published by the Higher Education Statistics

Agency (HESA).



[ 5 ] Religion

5.1 A snapshot of Yorkshire and the Humber

The second largest religion outside Christianity in Yorkshire and the Humber is Islam where 3.8% of the population is Muslim.

Christian - 73.1%

Religion not stated - 7.8%

No Religion - 14.1%

Other - 0.2%

Sikh - 0.4%

Muslim - 3.8%

Jewish - 0.2%

Hindu - 0.3%

Buddhist - 0.1%

Religions within Yorkshire and the Humber

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 stated their religion as Muslim.

Source: Census 2001, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003

Source: Census 2001 – Profiles - UK



[ 6 ] Employment

6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in Yorkshire and the Humber

[ 6 ] Employment

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 was 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


Yorkshire and the Humber employment rates of BAME groups mid year 2008 were as follows:

Mixed Race

Asian/AsianBritish

Black/BlackBritish

Chinese

‘Other’

Em

plo

ym

en

t R

ate

60.9%

44.9%

55%

54.2%

37.9%

56.9%

36.2%

56.4%

48.1%

48% 62.9%

45.5%

54.3%

45.6%

67.8%

83.5%

48.8%

38.7%

Yorkshire&

Humber

EthnicMinorityGroup

SouthYorkshire

WestYorkshire

North EastYorkshire

and Humber

*

*

In general, the employment rate for all of the region’s working-age residents was 71.0 per cent in May to July 2009, below the UK average (72.5 per cent). The unemployment rate (for those aged 16 plus) was above the UK average, at 8.9 per cent. Source: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=2281

• In the final quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate in Yorkshire and the Humber was 9.1%, one of the highest in the UK behind the West Midlands at 9.4% and the North East at 9.3%. London had 9.1% of its regional population out of employment.

Source: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Yorkshire-and-

Humber-jobless-total.6079145.jp

• The unemployment rate (for all those aged 16 plus) in Yorkshire and the Humber was above the UK average, at 8.9 per cent.

Source: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=2281


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)

“Managing diversity is about removing barriers within the workplace for everyone in our society. When businesses truly embrace this concept, the benefits are huge – a culture where all employees can perform to the best of their ability, access to a wider talent pool, better decision making and the ability to identify new routes to market. An enlightened approach to diversity is becoming business-critical.”Liz Needleman, Regional Director, Yorkshire and the Humber

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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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