HC Deb 20 May 1976 vol 911 cc693-4W
Mr. Dan Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many immigrants are currently in employment in the United Kingdom; how many immigrants are currently unemployed; and what proportion of immigrants is employed in relatively lower paid occupations.

Mr. Harold Walker

The latest comprehensive information about the number of immigrants in employment is derived from the 1971 Census of Population. This showed that the number of economically active persons born outside the United Kingdom and with both parents born outside the United Kingdom—including persons born in the Irish Republic—was 1,468,590.

Paper conversion industries MLH 482 Packaging products of paper, boards and associated materials.

MLH 483 Manufactured stationery

MLH 484 Manufactures of paper and Paper and Board: board not elsewhere specified.

Up-to-date information about unemployment and earnings of immigrants as a whole is not available.

Forward to