You asked
I would like to make a Freedom of Information Request for all statistics that you have relating to ethnicity and how many people of different ethnicities complete education in West Yorkshire.
Please provide statistics for students doing GCSEs, A Levels and higher education for the last five financial years?
If you are not able to supply statistics for West Yorkshire specifically, I would still really appreciate statistics relating to ethnicity and education for the UK.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Unfortunately, we do not hold the information necessary to fulfil your request. Your request may be better placed with the Department for Education.
We do have the number of people who have attained certain qualifications who live in the area at the time of the survey, but this is not the same as the number of people completing qualifications in any one area.
If you would like this information it can be obtained from the customer services team of ONS Social Services division. This team provides an ad hoc analysis service, including - of relevance in this instance - tabulations of Labour force (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS) data, both of which contain question variables relating to the qualifications held by individuals. This service is subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate. Details of the variables included in these datasets can be viewed in the LFS User Guides; https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/labourforcesurveyuserguidance
If you would like to enquire about our service then please contact socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk
If you are able to do your own cross-tabulations you could purchase an anonymised LFS or APS dataset from the UK Data Service. Details on costs and how to download the data can be found on their website:
Advice for commercial users - http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/registration.aspx#/tab-commercial-users
Charges - http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/charges.aspx