You asked
Please provide data regarding religious beliefs by age and gender from 2000 to 2017.
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request for data showing religious beliefs by age and gender from 2000 to 2017.
Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide you with this data in answer to your freedom of information request. In order to fulfil this request, we would need use a high level of statistical skill and judgement in order to create bespoke analysis. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.
However, the information you have requested can be obtained from the customer services team of the 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 questions relating to religion, age and sex.
This service is subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate. Details of the questions included in these datasets can be viewed in the LFS User Guides, accessible via the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/labourforcesurveyuserguidance
If you would like to discuss the provision of this data, please contact the Social Surveys Team at socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk.
If you are able to do your own cross-tabulations, an anonymised LFS or APS dataset is available to purchase from the UK Data Service. Details on costs and how to download the data can be found on their website:
Advice for commercial users are available via the following link: http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/registration.aspx#/tab-commercial-users
Charges are detailed in the following link: http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/charges.aspx