Race for Opportunity Ethnic Minorities in the North East

Regional FactsheetEthnic Minorities in the UK - North 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 North East and contains information that is in the public domain.

Contents

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

1.1 The North East picture ............................................................................................... 04

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

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

[ 3 ] Focus on Newcastle.................................................................................................... 06

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

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

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

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

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

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

6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in the North 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 • North 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

2,425,592

8,682

21,142

2,783

1,744

4,731

2,970

10,156

14,074

6,164

3,181

930

2,597

427

6,048

4,217

2,515,438

96.4%

0.3%

0.8%

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

0.4%

0.6%

0.2%

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

100%

Ethnic Group Number of People

Percentage of North Eastpopulation

(96.4% of North EastPopulation is White British)

North East Population By Ethnic Group

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: 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 North East pictureAt Census 2001, the majority of the population of Newcastle (93.1%) identified themselves as white, which was above the average of 91.3% for England and Wales.

• By mid-2008, approximately 4.5 per cent of the region’s total population belonged to ethnic minorities. Of these 57,100 (49.4 per cent) were of Asian or British Asian origin.

Source: Government Office for the North East – Factsheet

December 2009


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 the North East?

29.8% of the ethnic minority population in the North East live in Newcastle.


Source: 2001 Census, NOMIS

Newcastle upon Tyne - 29.8%

Middlesbrough - 14.1%

Sunderland - 8.7%

County Durham - 8.5%

Stockton-on-Tees - 8.2%

South Tyneside - 6.9%

North Tyneside - 6.1%

Gateshead - 5.1%

Northumberland - 5%

Darlington - 3.5%

Rest of North East Region - 4.1%

Split of Ethnic Minority Population by Districts


[ 3 ] Focus on Newcastle

In 2001, 42% of the total Bangladeshi population in the North East and 34% of the total Pakistani population in the North East resided in Newcastle.

Mixed

Indian

Pakistani

19%

31%

34%

Ethnic Minority GroupPercentage living

in Newcastle

Breakdown of Ethnic Minority Groups in Newcastle

Bangladeshi

Other Asian

Caribbean

African

Other Black

Chinese

Others

42%

26%

14%

29%

19%

31%

32%

According to more recent 2008 figures for Newcastle upon Tyne, the city's ethnic make-up was as follows:

• White – 90.5% • South Asian – 5.2% • Black – 1.1% • Chinese – 1.1% • Mixed-race – 1.2% • Other – 0.8% Source: Neighbourhood Statistics Newcastle upon Tyne".

Office of National Statistics,21 Apr 08.



[ 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).

University of Durham

2 4 6 8 10

The University of Sunderland

The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The University of Teesside

The University of Northumbria at Newcastle

Dartington College of Arts

Total Ethnic Minority Representation

All UK Unis. - 16.0%NE Pop. (18-24) - 6.5%

8.6%

6.7%

6.5%

6.4%

5.0%

7.6%

4.1 Where do ethnic minority students study in the North East?During the academic year 2007-08, representation of ethnic minorities at universities in the North East, including the University of Durham and the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was below the 16.0% average, with the largest proportion (8.6%) studying at the University of Sunderland. However, only two universities were below the average representation of ethnic minorities in the general population, which stands at just 6.5%.

Ethnic Minorities at Universities in the North 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%20Summary%20Report%20final%20(2).pdf

Source: 2007-08 ‘HESA Student Record’ published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).



Census 2001 revealed that North East was the English region with the highest proportion of Christians (80.1%). Muslims formed 3.6%, and over 16% had no religion. Source: Government Office North East.

[ 5 ] Religion

5.1 A snapshot of the North East

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.

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%

Source: Census 2001 – Profiles - UK



[ 6 ] Employment

6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in the North East

In the North East, where economic activity rates are well below UK averages, ethnic minorities are even more likely to be without a job than elsewhere in the UK. Source: http://www.onenortheast.co.uk/lib/liReport/906/ Race_Equality_Scheme_v1a.pdf

• In the Local Area Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the 2003/04 period the number of non-white people of working age in the North East region was estimated to be 42,000.

Source: http://www.onenortheast.co.uk/lib/liDownload/4202/

RaceEquality2005-08.pdf?CFID=9639920&CFTOKEN=50451638

• Nationally, rates of economic inactivity tend to be higher in the BAME population compared to the white population. This is true of the North East region which itself has higher than average levels of inactivity.



• The combination of ethnic and geographical factors gives rise to levels of inactivity in the male BAME population that exceed those for any other part of the UK. The differences between UK and North East levels are less marked amongst BAME women although their overall rates of inactivity are higher than for males.



• In January 2010, new analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) revealed that Wales, North East and North West England have seen the biggest increases in youth unemployment, followed by the West Midlands and Northern Ireland. Youth unemployment is highest in the North East of England (27%). London has the second highest rate of youth unemployment (27%).

Source: http://www.ippr.org.uk/pressreleases/?id=3846

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


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Men NE region

Men UK

Men NE region

Men UK

Women NE region

Women UK

21.9%

15.7%

30.3%

25.9%

8%

5.2%

40%

53.8%

45%

Women NE region

Women UK

5.1%

4.1%

6%*

10.1%

11.7%

Economic inactivity

working age

White (% of working

age population)

Non-white (% of working

age population)

25.9%

8%*

Unemployment (16+)

The following table provides a summary of the annual LFS data relating to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) economic inactivity and unemployment for the North East region:

* Sample too small for reliable estimate; estimate is rounded


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)

BITC/Race for Opportunity has a crucial role to play in sharing best practice amongst employers here in the North East - ensuring that all employees, whatever their race, can work to their full potential in a positive and inclusive environment.” Karen Wilkinson-Bell, Regional Director North East, Business in the Community

Contact details:Business in the CommunityC/O The Sage Group plcNorth ParkNewcastle Upon TyneNE13 9AAT: 0191 294 6033


AccentureAddeccoAddleshaw Goddard LLPAdvantage West MidlandsAmerican Express PLCArriva plcASDAAston CarterAvon & Somerset ConstabularyAvon Fire BrigadeB&QBaker & McKenzieBank of EnglandBarclays Bank PLCBBCBDO Stoy HaywardBIS (Department for Business, Innovation & Skills)Biotechnology & Biological Science Research CouncilBirmingham City UniversityBP InternationalBritannia Building SocietyBritish AirwaysBritish ArmyBritish EnergyBritish LibraryBristol City Council BTBUPACapgeminiCapital OneCentricaCiscoCitiCitizens Advice Communities & Local GovernmentCo-operative Financial Services plcCo-operative (The)Credit SuisseCummins Engine Company LtdDeloitte LLPDepartment for Children, Schools and FamiliesDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural AffairsDepartment for Work and PensionsDepartment of HealthDerby CollegeDeutsche BankEast of England Development AgencyEDF Energy

Education LeedsEnglish PartnershipsEnterprise Rent-A-CarEnvironment AgencyErnst & Young LLPEvershedsFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerFSAFujitsu ServicesGlaxoSmithKlineGoldman Sachs InternationalGovernment Office For The North WestGoogleGuardian Media GroupHealthcare CommissionHerbert SmithHome OfficeHM Revenue & CustomsHM TreasuryHSBC Bank PlcIBM UK LtdJohn Lewis PartnershipJP MorganKPMGLaw Society England and WalesLearning & Skills CouncilLegal & General Investment MgmtLeicestershire ConstabularyLinklatersLloyds Banking GroupLondon 2012London AmbulanceLondon Borough of BrentLovellsMarks & Spencer plcMcDonald’s Restaurants LtdMerrill Lynch EuropeMetropolitan PoliceMichael Page Financial ServicesMidcounties Co-operative (The)Midlands HeartMinistry of DefenceMinistry of JusticeMITIEMDPGA (MoD Police & Guarding Agency)Morgan Stanley International LtdNational GridNational Museum of Science and IndustryNational Portrait GalleryNationwide Building SocietyNetwork RailNHS Employers

Northumbrian WaterNorth West Development AgencyNottingham Trent University OCS GroupOfComOffice of Fair TradingOffice of National StatisticsOne NorthEastOpen UniversityOrange PCSOTC Computing LtdPearson plcPertemps Recruitment PartnershipsPricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleProvident FinancialPrudentialRolls-Royce Military Aero EnginesRoyal Air ForceRoyal Bank of Scotland GroupRoyal NavySainsbury’s Supermarkets LtdSantanderSerious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)Severn TrentSheffield Hallam UniversityShell Companies in the UKSimmons & SimmonsSlaughter & MaySodexhoState Street CorporationThe Insolvency ServiceThomson ReutersTransport for LondonUBS Investment BankUniversity of BradfordUniversity of BristolUniversity of Central LancashireUniversity of DurhamUniversity of TeessideUniversity of West of EnglandUnum ProvidentVodafone LtdWelsh Assembly GovernmentWest Midlands PoliceWestminster City Council WPPWragge & Co

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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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