British
Sikh Federation
Statistics from Independent Sources
Government
Office for National Statistics, Social Focus on Ethnic Minorities, August 1996,
for people living in Britain:
Pakistani main language spoken Punjabi: 48%,
Urdu: 24%, English: 22%
Indian religion Sikh: 51%, Hindu: 33%, Muslim:
6%, Christian: 5%
Hindi
is spoken by 2% of Indians living in the UK
Census 1991 populations in Great
Britain: Indian: 840,000
Pakistani:
477,000
Bangladeshi:
163,000
Chinese:
157,000
Other
Asian: 198,000
Government
Dept for Education and Employment letter dated 5 Nov 1999:
GCSE examinations in 1998 - Panjabi : 1,686 Hindi : 0 Gujarati : 1,147
A Level examinations in 1998 Panjabi
: 262 Hindi
: 22 Gujarati : 0
Commission
for Racial Discrimination
The latest 1999 data from the Commission
for Racial equality states that Punjabi is the most commonly spoken language
among British Asians, which includes 95% of all Sikhs and 74% of all
Pakistanis.
BBC Radio Times article, 24-30 January
1998, religious figures in UK
Sikh 600,000
Hindu 500,000
Jew 300,000
Other religions 300,000
The BSF states that Punjabi is the 2nd
language in England, and is used by some 1.3 million people, by Indians and
Pakistanis living in the UK.
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Government
Office for National Statistics, Social
Focus on Ethnic Minorities, August 1996 |
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Young
Adults (19-24) studying for first or higher degrees in Great Britain , Spring
1995 |
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Ethnic
Group |
% |
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Category |
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Black |
12 |
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Sikh /
Indian |
29 |
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Pakistani
/ |
14 |
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Bangladeshi |
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Other
ethnic Minorities |
30 |
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White |
13 |
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The information listed below will be useful in discussions on faith
schools, and the need for Sikh schools in the UK funded by the State; it became
available at the recent Liberal Democrats Ethnic Minority Conference in
Cheadle, Manchester, on 3 Feb 2002.
1. Approximately 1.7 million pupils are educated in religious state
schools in Britain.
2. There are 6,906 Christian schools, 31 Jewish schools, 2 Muslim
schools, 2 Sikh schools
On a fair and equitable population proportion basis we could expect some
69 Sikh schools in Britain (1% of Christian schools), instead of the 2 we have
at the moment.
Multilingual Capital, ISBN 1 903292 00 X, Year 2000
Edited by Philip Baker & John Eversley
A number of important London institutions were involved in this research,
e.g. University of Westminster, SOAS University of London, Queen Mary and
Westfield College University of London, Corporation of London, etc.
Page 65, Table 3
This research shows that
there are some 300 languages spoken in London. It also shows that Panjabi is
the second spoken language of London, after English, with the speakers being as
follows: -
1. English 5,636,500
2. Panjabi 155,700
3. Gujarati 149,600
4. Urdu/Hindi 136,500
5. Bengali+Sylheti 136,300