Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 23 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 April 2000. It was answered by Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Labour) on Monday, 3 April 2000 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what annual scale of migration of (a) people and (b) households into the South East from (i) London and (ii) the rest of England is assumed in his proposals for new dwellings to be provided in the next five years. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what annual scale of migration of (a) people and (b) households into the South East from (i) London and (ii) the rest of England is assumed in his proposals for new dwellings to be provided in the next five years. [116654] Ms Beverley Hughes: The latest sub-national population projections, from the Office for National Statistics, project annual net migration in 2001 into the South East Government Office region from London to be 28,200, and annual net migration from the region to the rest of England to be 5,400. By 2006 annual net migration into the region from London is projected to be 28,000 and annual net migration from the region to the rest of England to be 6,700. The population projections take account of these migration assumptions. They are one of the inputs used to calculate the household projections. No explicit migration components are identified in the household projections.

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