§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland approximately how many people have (a) emigrated from and (b) immigrated to Northern Ireland since Partition for each year since statistics have been available.
§ Mr. Dunn, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February 1978], gave the following reply:
The information is not available in the form requested.
The following net migration estimates are derived from census of population:
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Year Net Migration 1922 -4,500 1923 -9,000 1924 -6,300 1925 -7,100 1926 -11,600 1927 -10,300
1928 -8,600 1929 -10,900 1930 -6,800 1931 +1,700 1932 +2,600 1933 +1,400 1934 +600 1935 +500 1936 +600 1937 +200 1938 +300 1939–1950 -61,250 1951 -6,500 1952 -4,800 1953 -10,800 1954 -6,100 1955 -11,900 1956 -13,400 1957 -10,900 1958 -9,600 1959 -4,200 1960 -8,500 1961 -8,500 1962 -8,600 1963 -6,500 1964 -6,500 1965 -7,900 1966 -7,800 1967 -7,500 1968 -7,200 1969 -6,300 1970 -7,300 1971 -7,500 1972 -12,100 1973 -12,500 1974 -11,000 1975 -16,000 1976 -8,900 1977 -8,200