§ Mr. WalterTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the latest estimate is of the number of Iraqi nationals resident in the United Kingdom. [99689]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from L. Cook to Mr. R. Walter, dated 27 February 2003:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of Iraqi nationals resident in the United Kingdom. (99689)The latest available estimate of the number of Iraqi nationals resident in the United Kingdom is 21,000. This estimate is obtained from averaging the results from the Labour Force Survey over the twelve month period ending November 2002 and is subject to sampling error.