FOI Reference: FOI/2022/3961
You asked
1) Request for statistical information in relation to the incarceration rate by demographics of race since the implementation of the Universal Credit System in May 2016. I would also request the same information in relation to Mental Health diagnosis and internment, Unemployment and Employment and the implementation of proceedings brought under the Equality Act of 2010.
2) I would request the Covid-19 infection and;
3) Mortality rate again in the demographics of race.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Q1) Unfortunately, the information requested in Q1 is not held. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are responsible for producing Criminal Justice statistics, including sentencing and prison statistics. These data can be accessed here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics and here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics.
The MoJ can also be contacted by e-mail and may be able to help you further with your request. Their e-mail address is: ESD@justice.gov.uk.
Q2) The Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) is a household survey that estimates the number of people testing positive for infection and for antibodies in the UK. Our statistics refer to the number of current COVID-19 infections within the population living in private residential households. We exclude those in hospitals, care homes and/or other communal establishments. In communal establishments, rates of COVID-19 infection are likely to be different. We publish fortnightly modelled estimates of the likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19 by ethnicity alongside our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey statistical bulletin: characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19. You can find these estimates in tab 1f of the dataset (2 March 2022) accompanying the bulletin. For more detailed information about the methods used in this analysis, you can read our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey technical article: analysis of populations in the UK by risk of testing positive for COVID-19, September 2021.
At the start of the survey, we produced unweighted estimates of the infection rate (percentage of people who have tested positive for COVID-19) in different ethnic groups. You can find this data in tab 4 of the July 2020 edition of the dataset accompanying our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey statistical bulletin: characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19.
Please note that we do not hold any recent analysis on the infection rate in different ethnic groups. However, the requested analysis can be obtained via our bespoke services route. Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources, and agreement of costs. If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contact Infection.Survey.Analysis@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy. As this information is reasonably accessible via another route, even if only accessible on payment, Section 21(2)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.
Further information and an overview of data about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other sources can be found in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights tool.
Q3) We hold the following analysis: Updating ethnic contrasts in deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), England. This publication provides estimates of COVID-19 mortality rates by ethnic group using linked data from the 2011 Census, death registrations, primary care and hospital records, and National Immunisation Management System from 8 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. This is the latest data held.
For earlier data, we have conducted the following analysis Updating ethnic contrasts in deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), England. which contains data from 24th January 2020 to 31st March 2021.
These analyses use data from the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) Public Health Data Asset (PHDA), and build on the methods used in previous publications. The PHDA combines Census 2011 records, death registrations, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and primary care records retrieved from the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) Data for Pandemic Planning and Research (GDPPR), with England coverage only. Therefore, unfortunately, Welsh data is not held.