You asked

Please explain why the following document does not provide absolute numbers, but instead includes numbers based on per-thousand of the population in proportion: https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/stop-and-search/latest

Can you provide the rationale for reporting these numbers in this way?

Can you please publish, or provide me with the actual raw data from which you have derived these proportional numbers, ideally just provide the absolute numbers you used to establish the numbers reported?

We said

Thank you for your request for information relating to the absolute numbers of stop and searches in England and Wales. Data relating to stop and search are primarily collected by the Home Office and not the Office for National Statistics. As a result, we do not hold the information relating to your request.

The Home Office may be better placed to answer your request. Further queries on these data should be directed to the Home Office at the following email address: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.