You asked
I would like to make an FoI request for data on the number of child carers living or working in the UK who are citizens or nationals of an EU member state other than the UK, or who were born in an EU member state other than the UK.
If possible, please provide this data for any or all of;
- Nannies
- Nursery workers
- People who provide childcare to young children as a profession
We said
The information you have requested can be obtained from the customer services team of ONS Social Survey division. You may order special extracts and tabulations of Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS) data from them (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate).
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.
Bespoke Commissioned Tables Service:-
If you would like to enquire about our service then please contact socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk
Information regarding our service can be found here - http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/index.html
Information about our charges can be found here - http://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/aboutus/whatwedo/statistics/publicationscheme/socialsurveychargerates.pdf
Further, if you are able to do your own cross-tabulations you could purchase an anonymised Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS) datasets 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