HL Deb 14 March 2003 vol 645 c207WA
Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have an estimate of how many United Kingdom citizens currently reside in the Republic of Ireland. [HL1988]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated 14 March.

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Question on the number of United Kingdom citizens currently residing in the Republic of Ireland (HL1988).

The most recent estimate of the number of UK citizens residing in the Republic of Ireland is 74,100. This estimate relates to April 2001, and is derived from the Quarterly National Household Survey conducted in the Republic of Ireland by the Irish Central Statistics Office.