Category Archives: Official data

Crime and Religion

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Muslims are the faith group most likely to report an experience of religiously-motivated crime during the previous twelve months, but they are less likely to be victims of crime in general than those professing no religion.  This is according to … Continue reading →

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UK Giving, 2011

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The number of UK adults donating money to religious causes (including places of worship) on a monthly basis in 2010/11 was 3,800,000, according to a report on UK Giving, 2011 published on 2 December 2011 by the Charities Aid Foundation … Continue reading →

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Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland, 2010-11

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament is meeting next Tuesday to consider Stage 2 amendments to the (relatively controversial) Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, nicknamed the ‘Football Act’, which will give Scottish police more powers … Continue reading →

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Unlucky 13 Hits the Property Market

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Clive D. Field

One manifestation of the persistence of superstition in Britain is the still widespread belief among adults that certain numbers can be associated with good or bad luck. In particular, the number 13 is considered to be unlucky by about one … Continue reading →

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Demand for Civil Partnerships on Religious Premises

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Government is pressing ahead with its plans, announced on 17 February 2011, to remove the legal barrier to civil partnerships being registered on religious premises. The ban stems from the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and the Approved Premises (Marriage and … Continue reading →

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Beyond 2011

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Office for National Statistics launched a public consultation on 17 October 2011 for its ‘Beyond 2011’ programme, which is to examine options for producing detailed information about small areas and neighbourhoods that has traditionally been a core output from … Continue reading →

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Chaplaincy to the Armed Forces

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is spending £22 million annually on employing 280 Christian chaplains across the three armed services, according to the MoD’s reply to a request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act made by the National Secular … Continue reading →

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UK Defence Statistics, 2011

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

UK Defence Statistics, 2011, published online by the Ministry of Defence on 28 September 2011, shows that, compared with the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) for 2010-11, our armed forces remain nominally more religious than the rest of the population (doubtless, … Continue reading →

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Integrated Household Survey, 2010-11

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Integrated Household Survey (IHS) is the biggest pool of UK social data after the decennial population census, so there will be special interest in the statistical bulletin containing headline results for the period April 2010 to March 2011, published … Continue reading →

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