A STARTLING SNAPSHOT OF MODERN BRITAIN
£6billion
Economic and social cost of segregation including long-term unemployment (£1.5billion), poor career progression (£0.7billion) and health issues (£1.2billion)
UK population rose by 4.1million between 2001 and 2011. White British population shrank by 400,000 Muslim population grew 72% from 2001 to 2011
Proportion of people belonging to ethnic minority grew from 12 per cent to 20%
50%
of ethnic minority citizens in Britain live in three cities – London, Birmingham and Manchester Number of wards in which more than 40% of the population were of Pakistani ethnicity grew from 12 to 24 between 2001 and 2011
Two in five Bangladeshi men work in restaurants
Number of wards in which more than 40% of the population were Muslim grew from 36 to 69
511
schools with 50% or more pupils from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds
19%
of primary pupils and 15% of secondary pupils have English as a second language
Pupils at one secondary school believed the UK was between 50% and 90% Asian
250,000
British Muslim children attend around 2,000 madrassas (religious schools) 89%
of people thought their community was cohesive
People from Pakistan and Bangladesh are three times more likely to live in deprived area
55%
think there is a fundamental clash between Islam and the values of British society
137,000
women and girls claimed to be living in England and Wales with female genital mutilation
11,000
so-called ‘honour’ crimes between 2010 and 2014
100,000
Estimated Sharia marriages in the UK, many of which are not recognised under UK laws and leave women without full legal rights upon divorce