Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Monday, 6 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 February 2006. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 13 February 2006 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Marriages

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assumptions he has made (a) for the purposes of demographic modelling and (b) for other reasons about the number of marriages in the decade to 2016 between UK nationals and citizens of (i) Pakistan, (ii) India and (iii) Bangladesh where the latter seek settlement in the UK.

Answer: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 13 February 2006:"As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding the assumptions made (a) for the purposes of demographic modelling and (b) for other reasons about the number of marriages in the decade to 2016 between UK nationals and citizens of (i) Pakistan, (ii) India and (iii) Bangladesh where the latter seeks settlement in the UK. (50246)""The Government Actuary's Department has periodically produced projections of the future population of England & Wales by marital status. Responsibility for such projections has recently transferred to the Office for National Statistics. As part of this work, assumptions are made about future marriage rates. However, these assumptions are not broken down by nationality."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 442 c1553W;442 c1553W; 50246
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Immigration Foreign nationals Entry clearances India Marriage Population Pakistan Bangladesh
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