The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 31 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the percentage of employed people in the United Kingdom who were migrant workers, by region, since 1992. (96623)
The attached table gives the percentage of employed people of working age in each region of residence who were either United Kingdom or foreign born, for the three month period ending June, for each year since 1997. Comparable estimates are not available for 1998 and 2000, and for earlier periods.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Three months ending June each year United Kingdom North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands Eastern 1997 Born in UK 92.5 97.3 95.9 95.6 94.4 93.8 93.6 Born abroad 7.5 2.7 4.1 4.4 5.6 6.2 6.4 1999 Born in UK 92.3 97.8 96.0 95.5 94.2 93.7 93.4 Born abroad 7.7 2.2 4.0 4.5 5.8 6.3 6.6 2001 Born in UK 91.8 97.0 96.1 95.5 94.7 94.1 92.7 Born abroad 8.2 3.0 3.9 4.5 5.3 5.9 7.3 2002 Born in UK 91.4 96.9 96.1 95.3 94.2 93.7 92.7 Born abroad 8.6 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.8 6.3 7.3 2003 Born in UK 90.9 97.5 95.9 94.3 94.5 93.2 92.5 Born abroad 9.1 2.5 4.1 5.7 5.5 6.8 7.5 2004 Born in UK 90.6 96.1 95.8 94.6 93.7 92.7 91.8 Born abroad 9.4 3.9 4.2 5.4 6.3 7.3 8.2 2005 Born in UK 90.1 96.1 94.7 93.5 93.1 93.7 91.1 Born abroad 9.9 3.9 5.3 6.5 6.9 6.3 8.9 2006 Born in UK 88.9 96.3 93.9 93.4 91.6 91.5 89.4 Born abroad 11.1 3.7 6.1 6.6 8.4 8.5 10.6
Three months ending June each year London South East South West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 1997 Born in UK 74.7 92.7 95.5 96.7 97.2 96.9 Born abroad 25.3 7.3 4.5 3.3 2.8 3.1 1999 Born in UK 74.2 92.7 95.4 97.1 96.4 96.5 Born abroad 25.8 7.3 4.6 2.9 3.6 3.5 2001 Born in UK 71.6 92.0 95.2 96.4 96.8 96.3 Born abroad 28.4 8.0 4.8 3.6 3.2 3.7 2002 Born in UK 70.1 91.6 94.0 96.7 96.3 96.5 Born abroad 29.9 8.4 6.0 3.3 3.7 3.5 2003 Born in UK 68.2 90.7 93.7 95.5 96.2 96.5 Born abroad 31.8 9.3 6.3 4.5 3.8 3.5 2004 Born in UK 67.3 91.0 94.4 95.9 96.1 95.1 Born abroad 32.7 9.0 5.6 4.1 3.9 4.9 2005 Born in UK 66.3 90.6 93.9 95.8 95.5 95.4 Born abroad 33.7 9.4 6.1 4.2 4.5 4.6 2006 Born in UK 65.0 88.6 93.0 96.2 95.0 94.2 Born abroad 35.0 11.4 7.0 3.8 5.0 5.8 1 Those who did not state their country of birth are excluded from totals. 2 Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. Note: Comparable data not available for 1998 and 2000. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS).