§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research his Department has commissioned on the relationship between immigrant labour and unemployment.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe labour force survey provides information on the number of immigrants unemployed in the United Kingdom, according to the International Labour Office definition of unemployment.
Information form the LFS can be obtained from the Library via computer link.
In 1981 the Policy Studies Institute published "Unemployment and Racial Minorities". This work was commissioned by the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research has been conducted by his Department on the impact which immigrant labour has had on the labour market since 1964.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Department has commissioned the following relevant research studies
The role of immigrants in the labour market" by the Department of Employment Unit for Manpower Studies—March 1977.Foreign workers and the UK labour market" by John Salt and Robert Kitching, Employment Gazette, November 1990, pages 538–46.Foreign workers and the UK labour market: a correction", Employment Gazette, July 1991, pages 405–8.Irish nationals in the British labour market" by Christopher Woolford, Employment Gazette, January 1994, pages 29–32.Information on the number and occupation of immigrants in the United Kingdom labour market since 901W 1984 is collected in the labour force survey. This can be obtained from the Library via computer link. The Employment Gazette is also available from the Library.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research his Department has cornmissioned on the extent to which refugees and immigrants, other than those for whom an employer has a work permit, are successful in the labour market, and the extent to which language ability affects their employment prospects.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Employment Department has commissioned no research on this issue.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research his Department has carried out on whether immigrant labour has displaced, or com-plemented, the indigenous work force in different sectors of employment.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThis issue is explored in reports of two research projects conducted for the Employment Department.
The role of immigrants in the labour market" by the Department of Employment Unit for Manpower Studies—March 1977.Foreign workers and the UK labour market" by John Salt and Robert Kitching, Employment Gazette, November 1990, pages 538–46.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research has been conducted on the occupational attainment of immigrants and refugees in the British labour market compared with the occupational level in their previous country of residence.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Department has not conducted and is not aware of any studies on this issue.