Category Archives: Official data

National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Religion is already a major component of the Big Society, even on a narrow definition, and without taking full account of the wider contribution of faith communities to the development of the country’s social capital. For example, 19% of charities … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged advancement of religion, Big Society, Cabinet Office, charities, Ipsos-MORI, National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises, National Survey of Third Sector Organisations, Office for Civil Society, social enterprises, voluntary organizations | Leave a comment

Participation in Higher Education and Religion

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs more likely to go to university than their Christian classmates’, proclaimed the headline to Richard Vaughan’s article in The TES for 22 July 2011. The story was subsequently picked up by the Daily Telegraph on 23 … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Christians, Department for Education, educational attainment, ethnicity, GCSEs, higher education, Hindus, Longitudinal Study of Young People in England, LSYPE, Muslims, Richard Vaughan, sex, Sikhs, Steve Strand, TES, Times Educational Supplement | Leave a comment

Religion of Prisoners – England and Wales, 2010

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

32% of prisoners in England and Wales on 30 June 2010 professed no religion, the identical figure to March 2000, although the prison population had increased by 30% during the course of the decade. The proportion of irreligious did not … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Ministry of Justice, Muslims, Offender Management Caseload Statistics, prisoners, Religious Affiliation, Roman Catholics | 1 Comment

British Muslim Students’ Experience of Higher Education

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Clive D. Field

British Muslim students get comparatively low A Level grades, overwhelmingly enter post-1992 universities (former polytechnics), live at the parental home during term-time, and are decreasingly satisfied with the quality of the higher education which they receive. These conclusions emerge from … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Aftab Dean, Bangladeshis, business schools, higher education, Muslims, National Student Survey, Pakistanis, Steve Probert, university students | 1 Comment

Catholic Schools in Wales

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

There are 93 Roman Catholic schools in Wales, educating 30,350 pupils (6% of the Welsh total). 63% of these pupils are Roman Catholics (66% in primary and 60% in secondary schools) and 18% come from ethnic backgrounds other than white … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data | Tagged Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, Estyn, Peter Irvine, Roman Catholic schools, Wales | Leave a comment

Telling the Story of the 2001 Religious Census

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Much has been written about the results of the religion question in the 2001 census of population of Great Britain, but rather less is known about how that question came to be asked in the first place. This followed a four-year … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Official data, Religion and Politics | Tagged Census, Jamil Sherif, John Dixie, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Leslie Francis, Muslim Council of Britain, Office for National Statistics, Religious Affiliation | Leave a comment

Hate Crime in Scotland, 2010-11

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Crimes motivated by religious prejudice rose by 10% in Scotland last year, representing the highest number of charges in that category since 2006-07, according to the report on Hate Crime in Scotland, 2010-11, published yesterday by the Crown Office and … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate | Tagged Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, equality, hate crime, religious prejudice, Scotland | 1 Comment

Public Attitudes to Science

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Although not anti-science, people with a more religious or spiritual outlook on life are disproportionately more likely to highlight the limitations of science and to express reservations about the intentions of scientists. They are also the least convinced of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Creationism, Department for Business, evolution, faith, God, importance of religion, Innovation & Skills, Ipsos-MORI, origins of life on earth, purpose of life, science | 3 Comments

School Workforce in England

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Just 32% of teachers of religious education in publicly funded secondary schools in England have a degree in a relevant subject, 13% have another relevant post-A Level qualification, but 55% have no relevant post-A Level qualification. This is according to … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Department for Education, educational qualifications, religious education, School Workforce Census, schoolteachers | Leave a comment

British Muslims and the Police

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Taken as a whole, Muslims in England and Wales express higher levels of trust and confidence in the police than do the general population, notwithstanding the fact that they report crime and disorder impacts more negatively upon them than society … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Association of Chief Police Officers, British Crime Survey, Cardiff University, Colin Roberts, community cohesion, crime, Helen Innes, Martin Innes, Muslims, police, policing, PREVENT, Universities' Police Science Institute | 1 Comment

Dear Deborah BRIN has not looked into this, but I am hopeful that you may be able to find this…

Hello, Do you happen to have a breakdown of the Religious affiliation of the Roma/Gypsy population in the UK? For…

Thanks for your query. There are no recent British data on these topics which spring to mind, at least so…

Is there any data on the number of converts to Christianity from Islam and vice versa in the UK?

The census of population (2001, 2011, 2021) is the main statistical source for non-Christian and other faiths and groups. Jews…

Category Archives: Official data

Participation in Higher Education and Religion

Religion of Prisoners – England and Wales, 2010

British Muslim Students’ Experience of Higher Education

Catholic Schools in Wales

Telling the Story of the 2001 Religious Census

Hate Crime in Scotland, 2010-11

Public Attitudes to Science

School Workforce in England

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