Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 12 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 September 2004. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 13 September 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out the immigration figures for each of the past 14 months. - Including table.

Answer: Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the immigration figures for each of the past 14 months. [184255] Mr. Browne: Latest available figures on international migration are given in the table. Total international migration1: United Kingdom, 2001 to 2002 Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All migration Year and quarter2 Inflow Outflow Balance 2001 480 308 172 Of which: March 100 60 40 June 113 65 48 September 178 103 75 December 89 81 8 2002 513 359 153 Of which: March 105 75 30 June 117 81 36 September 197 124 73 December 95 80 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures are estimates derived from the International Passenger Survey and other sources--these are Home Office data on asylum seekers and their dependants and estimates of migration between the UK and the Irish Republic from the Irish Central Statistical Office. 2 Quarters are labelled by their final month, e.g. March denotes the quarter January to March . Source: National Statistics (www.statistics.gov.uk). Monthly data is not available.

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