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Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the most recent estimate is of the proportion of the workforce who are non-UK nationals in each region. (302567)
The information requested is shown in the attached table. The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LPS 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 Statistical Bulletin, which is weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.
Region Percentage North East 4 North West 6 Yorkshire and the Humber 4 East Midlands 5 West Midlands 6 East of England 7 London 24 South East 7 South West 5 Wales 4 Scotland 5 Northern Ireland 6 United Kingdom 8 1 Economically active people in employment plus those unemployed. Note: 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
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Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the most recent estimate is of the proportion of the workforce engaged in unskilled labour who are non-UK nationals. (302568)
In terms of the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) “unskilled labour” relates to those people classified to the “Elementary Occupations” group.
The most recent estimates are for the three-month period July-September 2009 and show that 13 percent of those people aged 16 and over employed in Elementary Occupations were non-UK nationals. The estimate is derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
The Figure is derived from the EFS 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 Statistical Bulletin, which is weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.