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Written question asked by Andrew Pelling (Conservative) on Monday, 23 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 January 2006. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 9 October 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.


Migration

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of likely net migration into the United Kingdom in 2006.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The information requested falls within the responsibilities of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 October 2006:"As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question regarding an estimate of likely net migration into the United Kingdom in 2006. (45988)""The latest official national population projections were based on the population at the middle of 2004 and were published in October 2005. They made the following assumptions about future annual net migration into the United Kingdom:"

Assumed net migration
Mid-2005 to Mid-2006 +195,000
Mid-2006 to Mid-2007 +170,000

"Further information regarding the migration assumptions underlying the national population projections is available at: http://www.gad.gov.uk/Population/2004/methodology/migrass.htm."


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45988; 450 c502-3W;450 c506-7W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Migration
Link
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