Employment
(asked on 14th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the annual black and minority ethnic employment rate has been for (1) men, (2) women, and (3) overall, in each year since 1979, and how that contrasts with both (a) the general population employment rate, and (b) employment rates by gender in the general population, in each year since 1979.
This table shows the annual averaged employment rates, from 1993 – 2015, for BME groups and the whole population. This is also split by gender.
| All BME Groups % | BME – men % | BME – Women % | Whole Population % | All men % | All women % |
1993 | 51.9 | 59.9 | 44.1 | 68.7 | 75.3 | 62.1 |
1994 | 51.6 | 59.1 | 44.6 | 69.2 | 75.9 | 62.5 |
1995 | 52.5 | 61.0 | 44.5 | 69.8 | 76.6 | 63.1 |
1996 | 52.8 | 60.7 | 45.2 | 70.2 | 76.8 | 63.7 |
1997 | 55.4 | 64.5 | 46.7 | 71.2 | 78.0 | 64.4 |
1998 | 56.0 | 65.0 | 47.5 | 71.7 | 78.5 | 64.9 |
1999 | 56.7 | 66.6 | 47.5 | 72.2 | 79.0 | 65.6 |
2000 | 57.0 | 66.4 | 48.2 | 72.7 | 79.4 | 66.1 |
2001 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
2002 | 57.6 | 66.6 | 48.8 | 72.8 | 79.2 | 66.6 |
2003 | 57.8 | 66.5 | 49.6 | 73.0 | 79.4 | 66.7 |
2004 | 59.0 | 68.2 | 50.1 | 73.2 | 79.5 | 66.9 |
2005 | 58.6 | 67.4 | 50.3 | 73.1 | 79.3 | 67.0 |
2006 | 60.2 | 70.2 | 50.7 | 73.0 | 79.0 | 67.0 |
2007 | 60.1 | 69.6 | 51.0 | 72.8 | 79.0 | 66.7 |
2008 | 60.4 | 70.2 | 51.1 | 72.8 | 78.7 | 66.9 |
2009 | 59.1 | 68.0 | 50.6 | 71.1 | 76.2 | 66.1 |
2010 | 59.6 | 68.4 | 51.2 | 70.6 | 75.6 | 65.6 |
2011 | 59.1 | 67.9 | 50.6 | 70.4 | 75.4 | 65.5 |
2012 | 59.5 | 68.9 | 50.5 | 71.1 | 76.2 | 66.0 |
2013 | 59.8 | 68.1 | 51.7 | 71.7 | 76.6 | 66.8 |
2014 | 61.4 | 70.0 | 53.1 | 73.0 | 78.0 | 68.1 |
2015 | 62.8 | 70.8 | 55.3 | 73.9 | 78.7 | 69.0 |
* Data suppressed due to change in ethnicity question on LFS. | ||||||
NOTES
- There is no data for years prior to 1993.
- The data is sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is released quarterly. The LFS is a survey of households living at private addresses in the UK, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
- The data shows figures for the labour market status of people aged 16 and over, covering annual averages (January to December) between 1993 and 2015 (excluding 2001).
- All data is for Great Britain.
- In spring 2001, Labour Force Survey ethnicity variables were adjusted in line with the Census definitions of ethnicity. The ethnicity variable being replaced was still used in January and February 2001, and the new ethnicity variable was brought in from April 2001. In March 2001 however, there was no recording of ethnicity, therefore figures from 2001 are not presented in this data. In addition to this, the ethnicity question was not asked throughout the entire United Kingdom prior to 2001. Due to these changes in ethnicity recording, it is not recommended that direct comparisons are made across this affected period.