HC Deb 21 July 1926 vol 198 cc1233-4W
Sir J. PENNEFATHER

asked the President of the Board of Trade the net emigration from Great Britain to the United States of America for the year ending 30th June last; and what quota has been fixed for British immigrants into the United States for the current year?

Sir B. CHADWICK

Figures for June are not yet available. During the 11 months ended May, the British subjects recorded as leaving permanent residence in Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take up permanent residence in the United States numbered 27,227, and those recorded as leaving permanent residence in the United States to take up permanent residence in Great Britain and Northern Ireland numbered 6,317. The official quota of British immigrants from Great Britain and Northern Ireland to be admitted into the United States during the year commencing 1st July, 1926, is 34,007.