HC Deb 29 January 2004 vol 417 c447W
20. Mr. Lilley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the contribution of immigration to economic growth. [151562]

Ruth Kelly

The economic analysis and projections set out in the Treasury paper on Trend Growth, published alongside the Budget in April 2002, imply a contribution from net migration of about 0.4 percentage points towards the 2¾ per cent. annual trend rate of output growth. Subsequent updates have not changed this.

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