HC Deb 01 December 1982 vol 33 c221W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total figures for emigration of United Kingdom residents to countries to which the United Kingdom for each month since May 1979 to date and the corresponding net figures, taking account of both emigration and immigration.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Such figures may be found, by quarter, in table 16 of the OPCS journalPopulation Trends, copies of which are held in the Library. Monthly figures are not available.

Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give the principal countries to which United Kingdom residents have emigrated, and the numbers to each for 1979, 1980 and 1981, and the latest available figures for 1982;

(2) if he will give the principal countries from which immigration to the United Kingdom has taken place, and the numbers from each for 1979, 1980 and 1981, and the latest available figures for 1982.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Such figures are published regularly by OPCS in its monitors, inPopulation Trends, and in its annual reference volume on international migration. Copies of all these publications are held in the Library. No figures have yet been published for 1982.