Written question asked by Douglas Carswell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 November 2010. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Migration

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what changes there have been in the net level of migration since May 2010.

Answer: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated November 2010:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what changes there have been in the net level of immigration since May 2010 (22392).""ONS has not published UK migration statistics for the requested time period. The latest provisional long term international migration estimates relate to the year ending December 2009 and were published in August 2010. These rolling annual estimates are updated on a quarterly basis. Provisional estimates for the year ending March 2010 are due for publication on 25 November."

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