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Immigration

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 July 2011:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) non-UK EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals were in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in the UK in each year since 1997; and what the percentage rate of change was for UK nationals in each type of employment as a proportion of the UK working age population in each of those years. 64525""Tables 1 and 2, as follows, show estimates of the total number and proportion of persons employed for UK nationals, non-UK ""EU nationals and non-UK and EU nationals by full-time and part-time employment for each year since 1997.""Table 3 shows UK nationals by type of employment as a percentage of the total UK population aged 16-64 over the same time period.""Labour market statistics published in the monthly ““Labour Market Statistical Bulletin”” previously described as working age (men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59) have now been replaced with statistics based on those aged 16-64 for both men and women. Consequently, the estimates provided have been produced on this basis."

Table 1: People aged 16 and over in employment by full-time and part-time and by nationality. Three months ending March, 1997 to 2011. United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
	Total in employment¹	UK nationals	Non-UK EU² nationals	Non-UK and non-EU nationals
	Total³	Full-time	Part-time	Total³	Full-time	Part-time	Total³	Full-time	Part-time	Total³	Full-time	Part-time
1997	26,245	19,618	6,618	25,316	18,921	6,387	216	161	56	510	382	128
1998	26,546	19,870	6,671	25,507	19,097	6,405	242	176	66	588	445	143
1999	26,909	20,105	6,801	25,855	19,295	6,559	271	203	67	571	447	124
2000	27,239	20,323	6,910	26,148	19,507	6,638	279	211	68	633	474	158
2001	27,505	20,487	7,005	26,306	19,578	6,717	293	223	71	711	533	177
2002	27,674	20,651	7,014	26,411	19,683	6,721	325	262	63	768	582	184
2003	27,966	20,724	7,229	26,606	19,686	6,908	346	265	81	846	644	200
2004	28,327	20,893	7,423	26,886	19,792	7,084	412	318	93	878	670	207
2005	28,635	21,337	7,286	27,001	20,056	6,933	478	382	96	999	779	220
2006	28,863	21,509	7,342	27,064	20,101	6,951	605	490	114	1,057	812	244
2007	28,976	21,545	7,419	26,947	19,934	7,002	923	769	154	1,101	839	261
2008	29,417	21,873	7,504	27,116	20,024	7,057	1,088	913	173	1,206	930	273
2009	29,074	21,490	7,534	26,713	19,640	7,028	1,119	909	208	1,235	936	296
2010	28,726	20,969	7,700	26,459	19,264	7,145	1,077	847	227	1,185	855	326
2011	*29,142	*21,176	*7,910	*26,636	*19,264	*7,325	*1,308	*1,041	**263	*1,193	*868	**319

Table 2: Proportion of people aged 16 and over in employment by full-time and part-time and by nationality. Three months ending March, 1997 to 201. United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Percentage
	Total in employment¹	UK nationals	Non-UK EU² nationals	Non-UK and non-EU nationals
	Total³	Full-time	Part-time	Total³	Full-time	Part-time	Total³	Full-time	Part-time	Total³	Full-time	Part-time
1997	58	43	15	58	43	15	60	44	15	50	38	13
1998	58	44	15	58	44	15	62	45	17	52	39	13
1999	59	44	15	59	44	15	60	45	15	50	39	11
2000	59	44	15	59	44	15	62	47	15	52	39	13
2001	59	44	15	60	44	15	63	48	15	51	38	13
2002	59	44	15	60	44	15	64	52	12	52	40	13
2003	60	44	15	60	44	16	65	50	15	54	41	13
2004	60	44	16	60	44	16	60	47	14	57	44	13
2005	60	45	15	60	45	15	66	53	13	59	46	13
2006	60	45	15	60	45	15	68	55	13	59	46	14
2007	60	44	15	60	44	15	68	56	11	57	43	13
2008	60	45	15	60	44	16	70	59	11	59	45	13
2009	59	44	15	59	43	15	69	56	13	59	45	14
2010	58	42	15	58	42	16	67	53	14	56	40	15
2011	58	42	16	58	42	16	70	56	14	57	41	15
¹ Includes those who did not state their country of birth.
² 1995 Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Irish Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Finland and Sweden
2005 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia join
2007 Bulgaria and Romania join
³ Includes those who did not state whether they were in full-time or part-time employment.
Note:
Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, are described as follows:
Guide to Quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220.
Key:
* 0 = CV<5%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered precise
** 5 = CV <10%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered reasonably precise
*** 10 = CV <20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered acceptable
**** CV ? 20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes
CV = Coefficient of Variation
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey

Table 3: UK Nationals by type of employment as a percentage of UK population aged 16 to 64. Three months ending March, 1997 to 2011. United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand and percentage
	UK nationals as a percentage of UK working age population¹
	UK population aged 16-64	Total (percentage)	In employment	Full-time	Part-time	Not in employment¹
1997	36,685	96	68	51	17	28
1998	36,821	95	68	52	17	27
1999	37,002	95	69	52	17	27
2000	37,217	95	69	52	17	26
2001	37,461	95	69	52	17	26
2002	37,693	94	69	52	17	26
2003	37,920	94	69	52	17	25
2004	38,194	94	69	51	18	25
2005	38,542	94	69	52	17	25
2006	38,899	93	68	51	17	25
2007	39,236	92	67	50	17	25
2008	39,513	92	67	50	17	25
2009	39,718	91	66	49	17	26
2010	39,927	91	64	48	17	27
2011	40,118	91	64	47	17	27
¹ Both unemployed and inactive
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

64525; 531 c262-6W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Employment

Contains statistics

Yes

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