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Gay population much lower than believed, first official figures show

Just one and a half per cent of the UK population is gay or bisexual, far lower than previous estimates suggested, the first official survey on sexual identity has revealed.

By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor

Telegraph

Published: 2:41PM BST 23 Sep 2010

It is the equivalent of nearly three quarters of a million people and well short of earlier Government estimates that put the proportion as high as seven per cent.

It also dispels as a myth the commonly held belief that one in ten men are homosexual, which stems from research in to sexual behaviour by Professor Alfred Kinsey in America during the 1940s and 50s.

The true picture comes from a survey of 450,000 people carried out by the Office for National Statistics, the largest pool for social data after the Census.

In it's first results, published yesterday, it concluded 480,000 people in the UK are gay or lesbian and a further 245,000 are bisexual.

Gay campaign groups welcomed the study but claimed it will still be an underestimate as many people may not wish to make their sexuality public.

But one MP suggested it raised questioned over the focus given to sexual preference in diversity issues.

The announcement that the survey was to quiz people on their sexual identity was criticised in 2008 as an intrusion in to people's private lives.

Ninety-five per cent of people said they are heterosexual while less than one per cent put themselves in the "other" category, offered for those who did not see themselves as straight, gay or bisexual.

Some three per cent said they did not know their preference or refused to answer.

Ben Summerskill, chief executive of gay charity Stonewall, said: "We warmly welcome these figures as Stonewall’s pushed for this information for some time.

"However this is the first time that people were asked and data collection happened on doorsteps or over the phone, which may deter people from giving accurate responses – particularly if someone isn’t openly-gay at home.

"Stonewall now works with 600 major employers and their experience is that these statistics increase when you regularly ask about sexual orientation as part of general monitoring information.

"We’d expect to see these figures increase over time as people’s confidence in the survey grows and sexual orientation becomes a routine part of data collection."

A Government impact assessment for the 2004 Civil Partnership Act estimated between five and seven per cent of the population was gay.

Estimates in other broader surveys that have included some sort of question on sexuality have ranged between one per cent and 2.4 per cent, but they have all covered much smaller samples.

The proportion is also lower than trends in the USA and Canada which range between two and 4.6 per cent.

Philip Davies, the Tory MP, said: "An awful lot of focus in diversity issues is given to people's sexual preference and this difference is not quite as widespread as believed.

"That said, I do not see what relevance it is to anyone else. Someone's sexual preference is a personal matter and it calls in to questions why anyone is bothered at all."