To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2008, Official Report, column 753, to the hon. Member for Peterborough, on inward migration, what the figure was for (a) inward migration and (b) net migration in each year since 1997. (190860)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 March 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question concerning what the figure was for (a) inward migration and (b) net migration each year since 1997. (190860)

The estimates of immigration and net migration for the UK are presented in the table below.