HC Deb 13 February 1987 vol 110 cc375-7W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the rate of inward migration and outward migration in each district authority area in Wales during the last decade for which figures are available.

Mr. Mark Robinson

Information on gross migration flows at a district level is available only from the 1981 census and this is given in the following table:

Migrants1 in the year preceding the 1981 census per 1,000 usual residents
District Inward Outward2
Alyn and Deeside 39.3 37.7
Colwyn 48.2 36.7
Delyn 36.8 31.8
Glyndwr 40.5 29.8
Rhuddlan 43.7 31.0
Wrexham Maelor 23.5 18.8
Carmarthen 34.4 31.5
Ceredigion 46.0 32.6
Dinefwr 33.4 24.5
Llaneli 15.5 16.3
Preseli 39.3 30.4
South Pembrokeshire 39.9 26.7
Blaenau Gwent 12.7 16.4
Islwyn 18.2 20.9
Monmouth 44.0 34.3
Newport 23.7 21.3
Torfaen 21.6 19.6
Aberconwy 36.3 29.3
Arfon 28.7 29.6
Dwyfor 24.9 23.4
Meirionnydd 33.5 29.6
Ynys Mon 39.7 31.5
Cynon Valley 12.6 16.7
Merthyr Tydfil 13.3 14.6
Ogwr 20.0 18.3
Rhondda 11.0 12.5
Rhymney Valley 19.9 21.6
Taff-Ely 28.4 27.1
Brecknock 50.0 34.2
Montgomery 30.6 22.4
Radnor 43.5 30.2
Cardiff 26.5 28.5
Vale of Glamorgan 47.5 38.3
Port Talbot (Afan) 11.4 18.3
Lliw Valley 29.1 25.3
Neath 20.2 17.6
Swansea 20.8 21.8
1 Excluding those under one year of age.
2 Excluding those who moved outside Great Britain.

Source: 1981 census regional migration (part 1) and county reports for Wales.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people from outside Wales came to live in Wales in each year since 1979; and how many people left Wales to live elsewhere in each of those years.

Mr. Mark Robinson

Estimates of migration into and out of Wales are given in the following table. These are estimated from changes notified within the United Kingdom to the National Health Service central register and from the international passenger survey. Migration between the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic is not included.

Migrants in thousands
Year Into Wales Out of Wales
19791 2 55 51
19801 2 51 54

Migrants in thousands
Year Into Wales Out of Wales
1981 1 48 53
1982 1 52 53
1983 1 49 52
1984 1 52 50
1985 57 52
1 Prior to April 1984 estimates of internal movement were based on a 10 per cent, sample of NHSCR data; since then a full count of transfers has been made.
2 Estimates for 1979 and 1980 exclude Northern Ireland.

Source: OPCS