Foreign Workers (Hansard, 25 February 1976)

§ Mr. Ronald Bell
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of foreign workers at present in the United Kingdom with his permission.

§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyon
Statistics are not kept in the form requested.
The number of foreign workers admitted for 12 months during the period 1968 to 1975 is given in the following table:

1968 22,645

1969 22,877

1970 24,590

1971 21,804

1972 18,969

1973 10,978^*

1974 8,765^*

1975 7,784^*

^* Excludes EEC nationals and those coming for permit-free employment

§ Mr. Ronald Bell
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what he estimates to be the number of foreigners, not citizens of any Common Market country, who are now working in the United Kingdom without the requisite consent.
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§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyon
By the very nature of the problem it is not possible to make a reliable estimate of the number of foreigners who are working here illegally.

1968	22,645
1969	22,877
1970	24,590
1971	21,804
1972	18,969
1973	10,978^*
1974	8,765^*
1975	7,784^*
^* Excludes EEC nationals and those coming for permit-free employment