§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will give for the longest and most convenient period of time the population of the United Kingdom at a specific date; how these figures have increased or decreased; and what was the total number of immigrants allowed in, with their countries of origin and the numbers of people leaving the United Kingdom at the same dates.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe available figures, from 1961, are published in Table 3 of Population Trends, No. 10, Winter 1977 and Table 1.4 of "International Migration", 1974. The latter excludes migration to and from the Irish Republic. For earlier years figures appear in Table 2.2 of the 1977 edition of the Annual Abstract of Statistics. These publications are available in the Library and I am sending copies of the tables to my hon. Friend.