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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of migration (a) to and (b) from the Isle of Wight was in the most recent two five-year periods for which information is available, broken down by (i) age, (ii) qualification level and (iii) socio-economic status. [206077] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew Turner, dated 21 December 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question on the level of migration to and from the Isle of Wight in the most recent two five-year periods for which information is- available broken down by (a) age, (b) qualification level and (c) socio-economic status. Migration to and from the Isle of Wight is the sum of migration to and from the rest of the UK (internal migration), and migration to and from areas outside the UK (international migration). Internal migration estimates are available for the Isle of Wight for the two most recent five-year periods. Estimates of international migration are not sufficiently robust for release. Estimates of Total International Migration are compiled from survey and administrative sources. The low sample sizes in the main source, the International Passenger Survey (IPS), mean that it is not possible to provide reliable estimates of international migration to and from the Isle of Wight for either of the most recent five-year periods. For the ten-year period from 1994 to 2003, the IPS estimates that the Isle of Wight received a total of approximately 4,000 international migrants and a slightly smaller number of international migrants departed. However, these figures should be treated with caution because the sampling errors for these estimates are sufficiently large that the net effect of international migration over this period could have been a small net inflow or a small net outflow. The attached two tables show the number of internal migrant moves to and from the Isle of Wight from other areas of the UK for the years 1994-1998 and 1999-2003. The tables are broken down by quinary age groups and sex. Details of qualification level and socio-economic status are not collected and are not, therefore, available. These estimates of internal migration are derived from the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR). The NHSCR is notified when a patient in England and Wales transfers to a new NHS doctor in a different former Health Authority, or Health Board in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Table 1: Movements to and from the Isle of Wight and the rest of the UK during the period 1994-98 by quinary age group _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Persons Age Inflow Outflow Balance All ages 24,589 18,743 5,846 0-4 1,785 1,147 638 5-9 1,641 951 690 10-14 1,338 792 546 15-19 1,507 3,012 -1,505 20-24 2,893 2,980 -87 25-29 2,169 2,106 63 30-34 2,001 1,534 467 35-39 1,660 1,035 625 40-44 1,409 828 581 45-49 1,379 827 552 50-54 1,458 671 787 55-59 1,269 501 768 60-64 1,252 496 756 65-69 997 475 522 70-74 690 434 256 75+ 1,141 954 187 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2: Movements to and from the Isle of Wight and the rest of the UK during the period 1999-2003: by quinary age group _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Persons Age Inflow Outflow Balance All ages 27,545 19,661 7,884 0-4 1,922 1,084 838 5-9 1,796 945 851 10-14 1,534 919 615 15-19 1,606 3,125 -1,519 20-24 2,843 2,757 86 25-29 2,178 1,948 230 30-34 2,400 1,642 758 35-39 2,262 1,214 1,048 40-44 1,788 996 792 45-49 1,514 807 707 50-54 1,666 863 803 55-59 1,795 725 1,070 60-64 1,452 662 790 65-69 977 538 439 70-74 607 479 128 75+ 1,205 957 248 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

206077; 428 c1592-4W;428 c1590-2W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Isle of Wight Population Migration

Link

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