§ Mr. SCURRasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department how many emigrants have left this country since 1920 under assisted schemes?
§ Mr. AMERYI have been asked to reply. The number of assisted migrants who have left this country from 1st January, 1920, to 31st October, 1925, is, approximately, 183,500.
Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the average number of emigrants leaving the United Kingdom for the five years preceding the War and the average number for the last five years?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe number of emigrants, as distinct from passengers, was not recorded before 1st April, 1912. The passenger movement of British subjects between Great Britain and Ireland and non-European countries shows an average annual balance outwards of 229,139 for the five years 1909–13, and an average annual balance outwards of 137,593 for the five years 1920–24.