The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated January 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many children in (a) the Vale of York and (b) England were of (i) white, (ii) Pakistani or Bangladeshi and (iii) black non-Caribbean ethnicity in the latest period for which figures are available. (247610)
The information that is available is given in the table attached. The figures in the table are estimates from the Annual Population Survey (APS) for the twelve month period July 2007 to June 2008.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to sampling error and a margin of uncertainty.
Thousands 0-15 16-17 18-19 Vale of York Black (excluding Caribbean) 1— 1— 1— Pakistani 1— 1— 1— Bangladeshi 1— 1— 1— White (British) 15 2 1 Other White 1— 1— 1— England Black (excluding Caribbean) 285 25 28 Pakistani 317 32 35 Bangladeshi 117 12 9 White (British) 7,605 1,104 1,078 Other White 311 36 43 1 Sample size too small for reliable estimate. Notes: 1. As with any sample survey, estimates from the Annual Population Survey are subject to sampling error and a margin of uncertainty. 2. Estimates are weighted to the population estimates published by ONS in 2007. Source: Annual Population Survey.