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Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 January 2012. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 on behalf of the Home Office.


Immigrants: EU Nationals

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the report on the analysis of the impacts of migration by the Migration Advisory Committee, if she will estimate the number of jobs unavailable to UK citizens due to immigration from EU member states.
Answer

The report by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), Analysis of the Impacts of Migration, investigated the possible relationship between migration and the employment of British-born citizens. For EU migrants the MAC did not find estimates of the effect to be statistically significant.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91431; 539 c557W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
EU countries Migrants EU nationals Migration Unemployment
Link
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