Dr. Kumar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people who emigrated from the UK in
each year since 1990; what percentage of those people he estimates were between the ages of 18 and 30; and if he will make a
statement. [220670]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Dr. Ashok Kumar, dated 9 March 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding the number of people emigrating
from the United Kingdom since 1990, and the percentage of these who were aged between 18 and 30. (220670)
Estimates of emigration from the UK are shown in the attached table. The figures are based on the most comprehensive estimate of
migration produced by the Office for National Statistics, Total International Migration (TIM).
TIM estimates are based on data from a number of sources. Some of the source data are grouped into the following broad age groups:
under 15; 15-24; 25-44; 45-59/64; and 60/65 and over. As a result, we are only able to provide TIM estimates of emigration for the
aforementioned age groups. Furthermore, TIM estimates produced using the current methodology are only available from 1991 onwards.
Total International Migration (TIM)1 estimates of emigration for all ages and for specific age groups--Time series 1991 to 2002--
United Kingdom
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Thousand
All ages 15-24 25-44 15-44
Outflow Percentage2 Outflow Percentage2 Outflow Percentage2 Outflow Percentage2
1991 285.0 100.0 76.1 26.7 131.5 46.1 207.5 72.8
1992 281.1 100.0 75.7 26.9 133.5 47.5 209.2 74.4
1993 266.3 100.0 67.5 25.3 127.3 47.8 194.8 73.1
1994 237.6 100.0 62.4 26.3 116.6 49.1 179.1 75.4
1995 236.5 100.0 69.1 29.2 106.5 45.0 175.6 74.2
1996 263.7 100.0 62.8 23.8 139.5 52.9 202.4 76.7
1997 279.2 100.0 85.7 30.7 138.3 49.5 224.0 80.2
1998 251.5 100.0 69.8 27.8 130.3 51.8 200.1 79.6
1999 290.8 100.0 87.1 30.0 143.1 49.2 230.2 79.1
2000 320.7 100.0 83.6 26.1 174.9 54.5 258.5 80.6
2001 307.7 100.0 83.8 27.2 154.6 50.2 238.3 77.4
2002 359.4 100.0 91.9 25.6 186.4 51.9 278.3 77.4
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1 Total International Migration (TIM) estimates for 1991-2002 are based mainly on data from the International Passenger Survey
(IPS). These include adjustments for (1) those whose intended length of stay changes so that their migrant status changes; (2)
asylum seekers and their dependants not identified by the IPS; and (3) flows between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. 2 The
percentage column expresses the TIM emigration estimate for the specified age range as a proportion of the TIM emigration estimate
for all ages. Source: ONS, Home Office, Irish Central Statistics Office