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answer text: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what percentage of migrant workers there are in the workforce in each of the principal seaside town in England and Wales. (234951)""The Office for National Statistics compiles employment statistics for local areas using the Annual Population Survey (APS) and Annual Labour Force Survey (LPS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.""Estimates of employment are not available for the principal seaside towns in England and Wales. Instead we have provided estimates relating to the Local Authorities associated with each of these towns.""The Office for National Statistics compiles statistics on migrant workers for local areas from the Annual Population survey (APS). The National Statistics method for estimating the number of migrant workers employed in the UK is based on the number of people at a given time who were born outside the UK, and in employment. This question has been answered on this basis. It means, for example, that some people who are UK nationals will be included in the total. Those in employment are defined following International Labour Organisation definitions.""Table 1 attached, provides the number of migrant workers employed in the relevant local authorities from the APS for the twelve month period ending December 2007.""These figures along with a wide range of other labour market data for parliamentary constituencies and local authorities are also published on the Office for National Statistics' Nomis® website:""www.nomisweb.co.uk." Table 1: Non-UK born persons¹ in employment in unitary authorities and as a percentage of all persons in employment, January to December 2007 Principal seaside town Local authority Level (Thousand) Percentage Bognor Regis Arun 6 …
answer given date: 2008-11-18+00:00
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