The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the number of people in employment who were (a) UK born, (b) non-UK born, (c) a UK national and (d) a non-UK national in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available; what the change in the level of employment was between those years; and for what proportion of the net change in employment each of those groups accounted between those years. (322169)
The requested information can be found in the following tables. The UK and non-UK estimates do not sum exactly to the totals, as the totals include some people who did not state their country of birth and nationality.
1997 2009 Difference between 1997 and 2009 Proportion of net change in total employment (percentage) UK 24,547 25,236 689 28 Non-UK 1,975 3,735 1,760 72 Total 26,523 28,978 2,455 100
1997 2009 Difference between 1997 and 2009 Proportion of net change in total employment (percentage) UK 25,551 26,673 1,122 46 Non-UK 971 2,300 1,329 54 Total 26,523 28,978 2,455 100
As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are subject to a margin of uncertainty. Indications of the sampling variability of LFS aggregate estimates are provided in the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin.