Written question asked by Jim Cousins (Labour) on Monday, 19 July 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 July 1999. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Monday, 26 July 1999 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the level of net migration from each local authority area in Tyne and Wear and the counties of Durham and Northumberland in each of the past five years, separately identifying net migration (a) within and (b) outside the North East. - Inc text of letter from Tim Holt of Office for National Statistics and fact that the estimates of net migration are not sufficiently reliable to be published; it is not, therefore, our policy to release them.

Answer: Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the level of net migration from each local authority area in Tyne and Wear and the counties of Durham and Northumberland in each of the past five years, separately identifying net migration (a) within and (b) outside the North East. [92462] Ms Hewitt: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 26 July 1999: As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question for an estimate of the level of net migration from each local authority area in Tyne and Wear and the counties of Durham and Northumberland. The estimates of net migration are not sufficiently reliable to be published as a separate component of the total population estimate for each local authority. It is not, therefore, our policy to release them.

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