HC Deb 17 February 1978 vol 944 c418W
Air. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of people living in Leicester were not born in the United Kingdom or have parents who were not born in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Deakins

The 1971 Census has been analysed to show that 12.6 per cent. of the residents of Leicester County Borough—as constituted at 1st April 1974—were born outside the United Kingdom—that is, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—and 15.2 per cent. of the residents had both parents born outside the United Kingdom, but the analysis did not show the extent of the overlap between these two categories.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of people living in Birmingham were not born in the United Kingdom or have parents who were not born in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Deakins

The 1971 Census has been analysed to show that 12.9 per cent. of the residents of Birmingham County Borough—as constituted at 1st April 1974—were born outside the United Kingdom—that is, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—and 17.2 per cent. of the residents had both parents born outside the United Kingdom, but the analysis did not show the extent of the overlap between these two categories.

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