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<p>Government departments are responsible for the production of different national
statistics. I have asked my officials to liaise with the Office for National Statistics
(ONS) to ascertain the feasibility of including ethnic breakdowns in all national
statistics.</p><p>A large amount of ethnicity data is already published on the Equality
Hub’s Ethnicity Facts and Figures website. It was the first of its kind in terms of
scale, scope and transparency and has been welcomed as best practice internationally.
It contains statistics covering topics such as health, education, employment and the
criminal justice system.</p><p>Publishing more ethnicity data for some topic areas
may not always be possible. Ethnicity data may not be collected in some surveys or
data collections. Where it is collected, data for some ethnic groups with smaller
populations may not be published for reasons of disclosure or statistical reliability.</p>
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