You asked
Please provide any records related to the historical tracking of the size of the population of black citizens within the United Kingdom, who are native born.
We said
You have made a Freedom of Information request pertaining to "records related to the historical tracking of the size of the population of black citizens within the United Kingdom, who are native born".
We are responsible for census statistics in England and Wales. For information relating to Scotland, please contact National Records of Scotland (NRS) and for Northern Ireland please contact the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
We have published tables, for England and Wales, for censuses taken in 1991, 2001 and 2011, with information relating to the ethnic group Black/African/Caribbean/Black British (using categories as recorded in the 2011 Census) and country of birth, that may partially satisfy your request.
The following tables are available from the Nomis website (www.nomisweb.co.uk):
2011 - Table DC2205EW Country of birth by ethnic group by sex (England and Wales);
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/dc2205ew
Please use the 'query data' button to select the appropriate variables (including: Black/African/Caribbean/Black British)
2001 - Table ST102 Sex and country of birth by Ethnic Group (England and Wales);
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2001/st102
Please use the 'query data' button to select the appropriate variables (including: Black/Black British)
1991 census - local base statistics - Table L06 Ethnic group;
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&version=0&dataset=35
Please select CELL L06 Ethnic group Please select appropriate variables (tick boxes 1,3,4,5,517,519,520,521 for Black Caribbean/Black African/Black Other)
If you have any similar, census-related, you can contact Census Customer Services directly.They will be glad to deal with your query.
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