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Overseas Visitors

Volume 461: debated on Monday 4 June 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) holidays and (b) visiting friends and relatives visits were made to the UK in (i) 1996 and (ii) 2006 from (A) the United States, (B) Germany, (C) Eire, (D) France, (E) Spain, (F) Australia, (G) Italy, (H) the Netherlands, (I) Canada and (J) Poland. (138990)

I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is contained in the following table.

Visits to the UK by overseas residents in 1996 and 2006

Visits (thousand)

All nationalities

Holidays

Visiting friends and relatives

(A)

The United States1

1996

1,481

579

2006

1,427

957

(B)

Germany

1996

1,380

590

2006

1,116

870

(C)

Eire

1996

544

663

2006

705

1,062

(D)

France2

1996

1,704

570

2006

1,246

1,037

(E)

Spain3

1996

245

221

2006

659

709

(F)

Australia

1996

319

222

2006

385

381

(G)

Italy4

1996

367

140

2006

553

309

(H)

The Netherlands

1996

690

223

2006

561

436

(I)

Canada5

1996

219

255

2006

280

369

(J)

Poland

1996

97

30

2006

220

467

1 USA includes Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.

2 France includes Monaco.

3 Spain includes Canary and Balearic Islands and Andorra.

4 Italy includes the Vatican City and San Marino.

5 Canada includes Greenland and St. Pierre et Miquelon.

Source:

International Passenger Survey (ONS)

Visits by country from the International Passenger Survey are subject to error and should be treated with an element of caution. As with all sample surveys, statistical reliability is reduced when results are based on responses from only a small number of people.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) holidays and (b) visiting friends and relatives visits were made to the UK in (i) 1996 and (ii) 2006 by British passport-holding residents of (A) the United States, (B) Germany, (C) Eire, (D) France, (E) Spain, (F) Australia, (G) Italy, (H) the Netherlands, (I) Canada and (J) Poland. (138991)

I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is contained in the following table.

Visits to the UK by UK nationals with residency abroad in 1996 and 2006

Visits (thousand)

UK nationals

Holidays

Visiting friends and family

(A)

The United States1

1996

57

146

2006

67

222

(B)

Germany

1996

88

213

2006

50

207

(C)

Eire

1996

2006

42

187

(D)

France2

1996

50

127

2006

61

357

(E)

Spain3

1996

30

121

2006

57

431

(F)

Australia

1996

35

64

2006

30

102

(G)

Italy4

1996

19

38

2006

6

57

(H)

The Netherlands

1996

21

42

2006

18

104

(I)

Canada5

1996

18

55

2006

17

75

(J)

Poland

1996

4

1

2006

3

7

1 USA includes Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.

2 France includes Monaco.

3 Spain includes Canary and Balearic Islands and Andorra.

4 Italy includes the Vatican City and San Marino.

5 Canada includes Greenland and St. Pierre et Miquelon.

Source:

International Passenger Survey (ONS)

Visits by country from the International Passenger Survey are subject to error and should be treated with an element of caution. As with all sample surveys, statistical reliability is reduced when results are based on responses from only a small number of people.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) holidays and (b) visiting friends and relatives visits were made to the UK in (i) 1996 and (ii) 2006 by non-British passport-holding residents of (A) the United States, (B) Germany, (C) Eire, (D) France, (E) Spain, (F) Australia, (G) Italy, (H) the Netherlands, (I) Canada and (J) Poland. (138992)

I I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is contained in the following table.

Visits to the UK by non-UK nationals with residency abroad in 1996 and 2006

Visits (thousand)

Non-UK national1

Holidays

Visiting friends and relatives

(A)

The United States2

1996

1,423

433

2006

1,360

735

(B)

Germany

1996

1,292

377

2006

1,066

663

(C)

Eire

1996

544

663

2006

663

874

(D)

France3

1996

1,654

443

2006

1,185

680

(E)

Spain4

1996

214

100

2006

603

278

(F)

Australia

1996

284

158

2006

354

279

(G)

Italy5

1996

347

103

2006

547

252

(H)

The Netherlands

1996

669

181

2006

543

332

(I)

Canada6

1996

201

199

2006

263

294

(J)

Poland

1996

92

28

2006

217

460

1 Include don't know and those who refused to give nationality.

2 USA includes Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.

3 France includes Monaco.

4 Spain includes Canary and Balearic Islands and Andorra.

5 Italy Includes the Vatican City and San Marino.

6 Canada includes Greenland and St. Pierre et Miquelon.

Source:

International Passenger Survey (ONS)

Visits by country from the International Passenger Survey are subject to error and should be treated with an element of caution. As with all sample surveys, statistical reliability is reduced when results are based on responses from only a small number of people.