Economic Affairs Committee
Brexit and the Labour Market
1st Report of Session 2017-19 - published 21 July 2017 - HL Paper 11
Contents
Chapter 2: Migration statistics
Figure 1: Long-term trends: net migration, immigration and emigration 1991 to 2016 (thousands)
Table 1: Sources of immigration data
The International Passenger Survey
Gaps in the available information
Box 1: Measuring student migration
Better use of administrative data
Chapter 3: Adapting the UK labour market
Net migration from the European Union since 2010
Table 2: Annual net migration to the UK, 2010 to year end September 2016
Figure 2: EU net migration by origin, year end March 2013 to year end December 2016
EU nationals working in the UK
Table 5: Estimates of EU nationals working in particular sectors given in evidence to the Committee
Box 2: Pret a Manger, a case study
Present status of EU nationals
Reliance on EU nationals in lower-skilled sectors
Reliance on EU workers in higher-skilled roles
Box 3: Manufacturing, a case study
Table 7: Percentage of EU and non-EU academics in STEM subjects at Russell Group universities
Responding to lower European immigration
Box 4: Seasonal workers in the agricultural industry: a case study
Regional system of immigration
Chapter 4: The future of the net migration target
Economic and policy consequences
Remove students from the net migration figures.
Monitor the number of migrants resident in the UK
Ensure that the target is flexible
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declaration of interests
Appendix 4: Current migration system
Appendix 5: Migration by local authority area
Appendix 6: Minutes of Proceedings on the Report
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/brexit-and-the-labour-market and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.