HC Deb 16 January 1985 vol 71 c166W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have emigrated from Britain in each year since 1979.

Mr. John Patten

Estimated annual totals for the United Kingdom, excluding any emigration to the Republic of Ireland, are:

Emigrants

(thousands)
1979 189
1980 229
1981 233
1982 259
1983 185

These figures are estimated from the international passenger survey, in which an emigrant is defined as a person who has lived in the United Kingdom for at least one year and intends to reside abroad for a year or more. The survey does not cover journeys to (or from) the Republic of Ireland. Further details are published in Population Trends and in the "OPCS Monitor" series MN.