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Members: Correspondence
Mr. Salmond:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter dated 6 December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Banff
and Buchan regarding a constituent, Mr. P. Hawkey of Longside. [187799]
Jane Kennedy: The Chancellor of the Exchequer wrote to the hon. Member on 21 February.
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter dated 20 December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding a constituent, Mr. R. Gordon of Peterhead. [187800]
Angela Eagle: The Chancellor of the Exchequer wrote to the hon. Member on 15 February.
Migration
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the international passenger survey estimate of (a) inward migration, (b) outward migration and (c) the net migration balance was in each year since 1978; [177390]
(2) how many (a) inward and (b) outward migrants to and from the UK there were in each 10-year age cohort in each year since 1997. [177389]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Nationals Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 25 February 2008:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your questions on how many (a) inward and (b) outward migrants to and from the UK there were in each year 10-year age cohort in each year since 1997 and what the international passenger survey estimate of (a) inward migration, (b) outward migration and (c) the net migration balance was in each year since 1978. I am replying in her absence. (177389, 177390)
Table 1, attached, gives long-term international migration flows into and out of the UK by 10 year age band for 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available).
Table 2, attached, gives the international passenger survey estimate of long-term inward and outward migration flows and net migration balance, in each year since 1978.
The United Nations recommended definition of a long-term international migrant is someone who changes his or her country of usual residence for a period of at least a year, so that the country of destination effectively becomes the country of usual residence. This is used for calculating population estimates and projections.
These data are from the international passenger survey (IPS), the main source for producing estimates of long-term international migration. Total international migration (TIM) estimates are the most comprehensive estimates of international migration and combine the IPS with other migration flows not captured by the IPS. However, the nature of these other data sources and the methods used to produce TIM mean that some queries can only be answered using the IPS. As a sample survey, data from the IPS are subject to margins of error.
| Table 1: International migration flows by ten year age group, estimates from the international passenger survey, time series 1997 to 2006 (calendar year), United Kingdom | ||||||||
| thousand | ||||||||
| All ages | 0 to 9 | 10 to 19 | 20 to 29 | 30 to 39 | 40 to 49 | 50 to 59 | 60+ | |
| Notes: 1. The IPS is a continuous voluntary sample survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics. It covers the principal air, sea and Channel Tunnel routes between the UK and countries outside the British Isles. 2. This table relates solely to the international passenger survey (IPS). IPS data forms the major part of international migration. However, total international migration estimates are produced by combining migration data from the IPS, Home Office data on asylum seekers, migration data between the UK and the Irish Republic and adjustments for 'switchers', i.e. those whose initial length of stay intentions are not realised. Source: Office for National Statistics | ||||||||
| Table 2: International migration, estimates from the international passenger survey time series 1978 to 2006 (calendar year), United Kingdom | |||
| thousand | |||
| Inward migration | Outward migration | Net migration | |
| Notes: 1. The IPS is a continuous voluntary sample survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics. It covers the principal air, sea and Channel Tunnel routes between the UK and countries outside the British Isles. 2. This table relates solely to the international passenger survey (IPS). IPS data forms the major part of international migration. However, total international migration estimates are produced by combining migration data from the IPS, Home Office data on asylum seekers, migration data between the UK and the Irish Republic and adjustments for 'switchers', i.e. those whose initial length of stay intentions are not realised. Source: Office for National Statistics | |||
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