The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 15 November 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of self-employed Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers who are currently employed in the United Kingdom. (163167)
The attached table gives the estimated number of self-employed Romanian and Bulgarian people of working age for April to June 2007.
The data for analysing migrant workers comes from the Labour Force Survey. The National Statistics preferred 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 abroad, are of working age (16-64 for men, 16-59 for women), and in employment. This is the basis on which this PQ has been answered.
When interpreting the figures in the table, it is important to bear in mind that the Labour Force Survey (LFS) is not designed to cover everyone who is present in the UK. The survey may undercount the numbers of people who were born overseas, a detailed breakdown of the reasons are set out in the table footnote.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Thousand Country of birth Self-employed Total in employment Bulgaria 7 13 Romania 7 18 1 Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. Note: It should be noted that the above estimates: exclude those who have been resident in the UK for less than 6 months exclude students in halls of residence who do not have a UK resident parent exclude people in most types of communal establishment (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc) are grossed to population estimates that only include migrants staying 12 months or more are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates as used in the Labour Market Statistics monthly First Release. Source: Labour Force Survey
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 November 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many skilled public sector jobs have been filled by Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers since the accession of their countries to the EU. I am replying in her absence. (163168)
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS) provide estimates of the number of public sector employees by occupation, country of birth and nationality, at a given time. However, the LFS and APS samples are too small to provide the information requested.