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Foreign Workers
Mr. Soames:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hertsmere of 17 January 2008, Official Report, columns 1428-30W, on foreign workers: EU nationals, what the (a) number of people of working age in employment, (b) working age population and (c) working age population employment rate of (i) the UK, (ii) UK citizens, (iii) UK-born citizens, (iv)
non-UK citizens and (v) EU A8 citizens was (A) in each year between 1997 and 2001 and (B) in each quarter of 2008 for which figures are available. [238571]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hertsmere of 17th January 2008, Official Report, columns 1428-30W, on foreign workers: EU nationals, what the (a) number of people of working age in employment, (b) working age population and (c) working age population employment rate of (i) the UK, (ii) UK citizens, (iii) UK born citizens, (iv) non-UK citizens and (v) EU A8 citizens was (A) in each year between 1997 and 2001 and (B) in each quarter of 2008 for which figures are available. (238571)
The attached tables give the number of people of working age for the categories requested.
The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The figures have been derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in September 2007. These population estimates were incorporated in to the LFS in May 2008; as such the estimates provided to the hon. Member for Hertsmere on 17 January 2008 have been revised. In order to ensure that the estimates are comparable, revised figures for the period 2001 to 2007 have also been provided. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
As the figures have been derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007, they are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release, or the migrant worker figures published every quarter, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.
| Levels of working age( 1) people, by nationality and country of birth; three months ending June 1997 to 2001; three months ending March, June and September 2008—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | |||||
| Thousand | |||||
| Total UK( 2) | UK nationals | UK born | Non- UK nationals( 3) | EU A8 nationals( 4) | |
| (1) Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. (2) Includes those whose nationality or country of birth was not known. (3) Excludes those whose nationality was not known. (4) EU A8 comprises Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. (5) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described as follows: Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) Statistical Robustness * 0 = CV < 5 Estimates are considered precise. ** 5 = CV < 10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. *** 10 = CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable. **** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Note: It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.). Source: Labour Force Survey | |||||
| Employment levels for people of working age( 1) , by nationality and country of birth, three months ending June 1997 to 2001; three months ending March, June and September 2008—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | |||||
| Thousand | |||||
| Total UK( 2) | UK nationals | UK born | Non-UK nationals( 3) | EU A8 nationals( 4) | |
| (1) Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. (2) Includes those whose nationality or country of birth was not known. (3) Excludes those whose nationality was not known. (4) EU A8 comprises Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. (5) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described as follows: Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) Statistical Robustness * 0 = CV < 5 Estimates are considered precise. ** 5 = CV<10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. *** 10 = CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable. **** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Note: It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.). Source: Labour Force Survey | |||||
| Employment rates for people of working age( 1) , by nationality and country of birth, three months ending June 1997 to 2001; three months ending March, June and September 2008—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | |||||
| Percentage | |||||
| Total UK( 2) | UK nationals | UK born | Non-UK nationals( 3) | EU A8 nationals( 4) | |
| (1) Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. (2) Includes those whose nationality or country of birth was not known. (3) Excludes those whose nationality was not known. (4) EU A8 comprises Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Source: Labour Force Survey | |||||
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