HC Deb 13 December 1927 vol 211 cc2094-5
4. Lord APSLEY

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give figures, for any corresponding 12 months in the last 10 years, showing the number of emigrants from the British Isles to the United States, to the Argentine, and to Australia, respectively, from Scotland to Canada and to New Zealand, and from England to Australia, the Argentine, and the Irish Free State?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

The answer has been prepared in tabular form, and, with my hon. Friend's permission, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Emigrants of British Nationality.
Period. From the British Isles. From Scotland. From England
To the United States. To Australia. To Canada. To New Zealand. To Australia.
1917 … … … 2,379 1,147 407 77 967
1918 … … … 1,714 2,010 217 22 1,825
1919 … … … 23 867 12,545 7,919 549 11,708
1920 … … … 77,151 28,974 22,024 2,130 23,173
1921 … … … 56,393 27,751 15,453 2,277 20,951
1922 … … … 49,902 39,099 12,278 3,282 30,690
1923 … … … 103,310 40,164 29,070 2,724 31,537
1924 … … … 29,344 39,737 19,136 3,072 30,343
1925 … … … 55,981 36,082 11,040 3,307 26,040
1926 … … … 54,827 45,780 14,735 4,852 30,356
1927 (8 months January-August). 31,461 26,135 12,703 1,412 16,983

Figures of emigrants from England to the Irish Free State are not available.

British emigrants to the Argentine have not been classified separately from those proceeding to other foreign countries outside Europe; the number of British emigrants from Great Britain and Northern Ireland to foreign countries in South America during the eight months January-August, 1927, was 1,470, and of this number 1,271 were emigrants from England.