[holding answer 20 November 2008]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) UK nationals, (b) UK born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f) non-EU nationals of working age were in employment in the UK in (i) July to September 2006 and (ii) July to September 2008; and what the employment rate was in each group. (237717)""The information requested is shown in the attached table. The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.""The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. They are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release, or the migrant worker figures published every quarter, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates." Employment levels and rates for working age¹ people, by nationality or country of birth², three months ending September, 2006 and 2008—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted Thousand and percentage UK nationals UK born Non-UK nationals Non-UK EU nationals³ EU A8 nationals4 Non-EU nationals Level Rate (%) Level Rate (%) Level Rate (%) Level Rate (%) Level Rate (%) Level Rate (%) 2006 26,085 75 24,849 76 1,913 69 753 77 297 82 1,160 65 2008 *25,928 75 *24,580 76 *2,279 69 *1,045 79 **504 84 *1,234 63 ¹ Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. ² Excluding those whose nationality or country of birth was not known. ³ Non-EU comprises Austria. Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic. Denmark, Estonia, Finland. France. Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy. Latvia. Lithuania. Luxembourg. Malta, Netherlands. Poland, Portugal, Slovakia. Slovenia. Spain and Sweden. Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007 and are included in EU for 2008. 4 EU A8 comprises Czech Republic. Estonia, Hungary. Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. 5 Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described as follows: Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical Robustness * 0 = CV< 5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 = CV < 10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 = CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc). Source: Labour Force Survey