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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 Monday, 6 February 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Emigration

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have emigrated from the UK in each year since 1990.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 6 February 2006:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding the number of people emigrating from the United Kingdom in each year since 1990.1 am replying in her absence. (47742)""Estimates of emigration from the UK are shown in the attached table. The figures are based on the most comprehensive estimate of migration produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 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 2004, were published in the First Release on 20 October 2005, and can be found on the National Statistics website: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=507."

Total international migration: Emigration time series1991 to 2004 Thousands(32)
Outflow (emigration out of the United Kingdom) All citizenships
1991 285.0
1992 281.1
1993 266.3
1994 237.6
1995 236.5
1996 263.7
1997 279.2
1998 251.5
1999 290.8
2000 320.7
2001 307.7
2002 359.4
2003 361.5
2004 359.5
Note: A small weighting adjustment has been applied to IPS data for 1991 to 1998. This reflects the estimated effect of applying the weighting improvements made to IPS data from 1999 onwards.
(32) Data for 1991 to 2004 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.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
47742; 442 c938-9W;442 c938-9W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Emigration
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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