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Written question asked by John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 9 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 June 2005. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 June 2005 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Emigration

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 25 May 2005, Official Report, column 147W, on emigration, how many UK citizens have emigrated from the UK in each year since 1990.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. John Hemming, dated 14 June 2005:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding the number of UK citizens emigrating from the United Kingdom in each year since 1990.1 am replying in his absence. (4182)""Estimates of UK citizens emigrating from the UK from 1991 to 2003 are shown in the attached table. The figures are derived from the most comprehensive estimate of migration produced by the Office for National Statistics, Total International Migration (TIM), which is based on a number of sources.""TIM estimates using the current methodology are only available from 1991 onwards. The latest estimates, for 2003, were published in the annual reference volume International Migration, Series MN no. 30, on the National Statistics website at the link below on 28th April 2005. Note that Table 2.1 in this volume shows a time series of TIM from 1994 to 2003 by various groupings of citizenship for the UK, and for England and Wales: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Productasp?vlnk=507"

Total international migration:1991 to 2003 British Citizenship(37)
United Kingdom (thousand)
Inflow (immigration to the UK) Outflow (emigration from the UK) Balance
1991 109.4 154.4 -45.0
1992 92.6 155.1 -62.5
1993 85.9 148.7 -62.7
1994 108.3 125.1 -16.8
1995 83.9 135.5 -51.6
1996 93.6 155.7 -62.1
1997 88.9 148.7 -59.8
1998 103.1 125.8 -22.7
1999 116.4 139.2 -22.8
2000 104.1 161.1 -57.0
2001 106.3 159.2 -53.0
2002 94.6 185.7 -91.1
2003 105.8 190.9 -85.2
Notes: + Denotes a net inflow figure. - Denotes a net outflow figure. Source: From Table 2.1 from the MN Series (latest publication no.30) published at:http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=507&More=N
(37) Data for 1991–03 are based mainly on data from the International Passenger Survey. Includes adjustments for (1) those whose intended length of stay changes so that their migrant status changes; (2) asylum seekers and their dependants not identified by the IPS; and (3) flows between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
(38) Citizenship is defined as the nationality of the passport that the traveller is carrying. The British Nationality Act 1981, which came into force on 1st January 1983, replaced citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies, with British citizenship, British Overseas citizenship, and British Dependent Territories citizenship.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4182; 435 c336-7W;435 c339-40W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Emigration