As of December 2021, the Bill is in its second reading in the House of Lords. An extension of ‘Hostile Environment’ policies, it would dramatically restrict access to asylum in the UK, criminalise asylum seekers, remove safeguards for children and…
For the first time, the Scottish Parliament now broadly reflects the ethnic makeup of Scotland as a whole, with 4.5% ‘colour coded’ ethnic minority MSPs, plus two ‘white’ immigrant MSPs. However, at the local government level, less than 1% of…
The Covid-19 pandemic sparked a significant rise in gender-based violence and domestic abuse across Scotland (and the rest of the world), due to restrictions on movement and an increase in social isolation. As research from RGU put it, “Covid-19 gave…
In the 2020 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), Grampian had 62 neighbourhoods in Scotland’s highest decile for crime: 42 in Aberdeen City, 13 in Aberdeenshire, and 7 in Moray. At the same time, 118 were in the lowest decile…
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) carries out annual social attitude surveys across Scotland, with a sample of around 1500 people per question. While it is not possible to divide responses by region, there are some interesting points to…
In the SIMD Health indicator, only five of Scotland’s most deprived 10% of areas are in Grampian – 4 in Aberdeen City, 1 in Moray and none in Aberdeenshire. The proportion of Scottish/British in both the most and least deprived…
One-fifth (20%) of people in Scotland have a disability or a long-term health condition affecting their day-to-day activities. For ‘non-white’ ethnic minorities, the figure is 9% – the data is not available by country of birth or other characteristics, so…
In the 2011 Census, ethnic minorities across Grampian consistently had higher levels of qualifications than their Scottish/British counterparts: 55.1% were educated to degree level or above, and only 10.6% had no qualifications. The figures for Scottish/British people were 26% and…
Under-occupation and overcrowding are calculated using number of occupants and their relationships to determine the number of rooms a household requires. When the number of available rooms is smaller than what is required, the home is considered overcrowded. Grampian’s level…
While ethnicity data is not available for the North East, Scotland-wide research has found that people from ‘non-white’ ethnic backgrounds start businesses at a much higher rate than those from ‘white’ backgrounds. In 2019, the figures were 17% and 7%,…
Beyond employment, an indicator of economic integration is participation in Modern Apprenticeship (MA) schemes. As with other statistics above, data collected by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is ‘colour coded’ so ethnic minority figures do not include, for example, EU immigrants…
In Aberdeen City, ethnic minorities made up 11% of the workforce in both human health and social work and accommodation and food service. 20% of the city’s ethnic minority workers were in the former; 12% in the latter. Unusually compared…
Note that these are based on ‘colour coded’ data, so do not take into account European minorities. In some occupations, ethnic minority workers made up a higher proportion than their representation in the population as a whole, most notably in…
Note that these are based on ‘colour coded’ data, so do not take into account European minorities. In Aberdeen City, 11.4% of people in higher managerial, administrative and professional jobs were ethnic minorities. This was the highest figure of any…
