FOI REF: FOI/2023/4886
You asked
I would like to make an FOI request for ethnicity data on the birth rates according to London boroughs 2019 or 2021 or the latest results.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of births data for England and Wales, driven by information collected from the birth certificate at birth registration.
We publish annual live births in England and Wales by ethnicity, which can be found in table 21 of the following publication: Birth characteristics dataset. Table 21 contains live births and stillbirths by ethnicity between 2007 and 2021.
We also publish annual birth rates between 2013 to 2021 down to Lower Layer Super Output Area(LSOA) level on our NOMIS webservice, select the geography (England and Wales, regional or by local authority). LSOA's have an average population of 1500 people or 650 households. However, this is not available with ethnicity.
We have not produced analysis of birth rates by ethnicity for London boroughs. However, we can provide this via our bespoke services route. This service is subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries can be made to: Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.