You asked

I am looking to identify those in Greater Manchester in the following sports industries and by demographic.

Standard Industrial Classification categories

  • 85.51 Sports and recreation education
  • 93.11 Operation of sports facilities
  • 93.12 Activities of sports clubs
  • 93.13 Fitness facilities
  • 93.19 Other sports activities

Demographic

  • BAME
  • Gender
  • Disability
  • Age 16-24 vs 55+
  • NS SEC 102 vs 6-8

We said

Thank you for your query regarding Annual Population Survey estimates relating to particular industries in Greater Manchester.

You can request a specific analysis to produce the estimates that you are interested in from our Social Surveys Team. A request can be made by emailing socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk detailing your requirements. Charges may be applied depending on the amount of time taken to develop the analyses and undertake quality and disclosure control processes.

As this information is already available to you via this route, we consider that s.21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. S.21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.