HC Deb 03 February 1969 vol 777 cc43-4W
Mr. Dickens

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of citizens of the Republic of Ireland who emigrated to the United Kingdom in each year from 1960 to 1967.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The figures, which include people coming here for seasonal and other temporary employment, are as follows:

PERSONS COMING FROM THE IRISH REPUBLIC REGISTERING OR RE-REGISTERING FOR NATIONAL INSURANCE IN GREAT BRITAIN
New registrations Re-registrations
1960 57,798 15,164
1961 52,920 14,678
1962 38,367 13,995
1963 32,978 14,563
1964 39,100 16,920
1965 40,004 16,526
1966 44,319 17,061
1967 33,896 15,372

Notes:

(i) In general men and single women are required to register for national insurance on entering employment in Great Britain or at the end of six months' residence, whichever is the earlier. Married women are not required to register unless they enter employment.

(ii) Persons re-registering for insurance include those who left Great Britain (perhaps to take up employment abroad) but subsequently returned (excluding those whose insurance was maintained in their absence) and also those who at some earlier date came from abroad, registered and left again.