While black people have been part of the UK population for several centuries, there are still issues around their full assimilation into the wider population.
In 2016:
45% of black children grow up in poverty, but just 25% of white children do.
White children are more likely to get 3 A level passes and more likely to get offered places at top universities with the same predicted grades.
There are no black judges sitting in the British Supreme Court or High Court; there are no black generals in the British Army.
While 4% of the population is black, only 2% of MPs are black.
Source: Figures quoted in reviews of a BBC TV programme in Nov/Dec 2016
