Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Monday, 30 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 February 2006. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 February 2006 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Emigration

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people emigrated from the UK in each year from 2000, broken down by constituency in which they lived at the time of emigration.

Answer: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 1 February 2006:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about how many people emigrated from the UK in each year from 2000, broken down by constituency in which they lived at the time of emigration. I am replying in her absence. (47618)""Emigration estimates are not available at the level of Parliamentary constituency. They are based mainly on the International Passenger Survey (IPS), thus, sample size restricts the level for which reliable estimates can be produced. The lowest level of detail for which National Statistics emigration estimates are published is constituent country within the UK and Government Office Region in England. These data are available in the annual reference volume International Migration 2003, Series MN NO 30, available at:""http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Productasp?vlnk=507"

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