We’ve published new analysis on homicide in England and Wales for the year ending March 2021 using data from the Home Office Homicide Index ow.ly/q3VK50HRuvr
There were 594 homicides in the year ending March 2021.
This is 12% less than the previous year (79 fewer victims), and the lowest number since year ending March 2016 (540 victims).
The year ending March 2021 covered certain time periods where #COVID19 restrictions were in place, which may have led to a reduction in homicide in this year.
We’ve published our third annual release exploring how aspects of life for disabled people in the UK compared with those of non-disabled people in 2021 ow.ly/ztiH50HRtAk
24.9% of disabled people (aged 21 to 64 years) had a degree as their qualification, compared to 42.7% of non-disabled people, in the year ending June 2021.
However, the proportion of disabled people educated to degree level was up 1.9 percentage points from last year.
More than one in ten (13.3%) disabled people (aged 21 to 64 years) in the UK had no qualifications in the year ending June 2021, compared to 4.6% of non-disabled people.
We've published our provisional overseas travel and tourism figures (July to September 2021).
These are air travel only; Sea and Tunnel data are excluded as it was not possible to interview on Dover ferries or the EuroTunnel due to #COVID19 restrictions ow.ly/iJkG50HNUgj
Overseas residents made 1.3 million visits by air to the UK in Quarter 3 (July to Sep) 2021
This was 86% fewer than Quarter 3 2019 as travel continues to be restricted due to #COVID19.
Overseas residents spent £1.2 billion on their visits to the UK in Quarter 3 2021
Data collected between 4 and 8 January 2022 show 79% of individuals followed self-isolation requirements after testing positive for #COVID19.
This is broadly in line with the levels reported for September (78%), November (75%) and December 2021 (74%) ow.ly/VK8150HEfa5
Almost half (49%) of respondents were concerned about the new #COVID19 Omicron variant.
10% of respondents reported testing positive for the new Omicron variant, and the majority (83%) reported that they did not know if they had been infected with Omicron.
Of those who were not retired, 25% said they lost income as a result of isolating, and 17% said that self-isolating meant they are likely to lose their job or miss out on work.
We’ve updated our ethnic contrasts in deaths involving #COVID19 covering the period since the rollout of the vaccines started in Dec 2020.
The risk of COVID19 death has continued to be higher in most ethnic minority groups than in the White British group ow.ly/aNHa50HEcN6
Throughout the period between 8 Dec 2020 and 1 Dec 2021, the rate of death involving #COVID19 was consistently highest for the Bangladeshi ethnic group, followed by the Pakistani ethnic group.
Since the start of the third wave (from 13 June 2021 onwards), the rate of death involving #COVID19 in the Bangladeshi group was 4.4 and 5.2 times greater than White British for men and women respectively ow.ly/aNHa50HEcN6