Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the increase in GDP per head resulting from a 50,000 increase in the number of work permits if, on average, 90 per cent of applicants continue to be accompanied by one dependant.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility provides forecasts of the overall impact on economic growth of government policy, including those resulting from immigration policy. The next forecast will be provided on the 17th of November alongside the Autumn Statement.
It is not appropriate to provide commentary on specific scenarios, but the government does consider relevant impacts in assessing potential changes to immigration policy.
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact on the trend rate of economic growth of a 50,000 increase in the number of work permits issued per year.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility provides forecasts of the overall impact on economic growth of government policy, including those resulting from immigration policy. The next forecast will be provided on the 17th of November alongside the Autumn Statement.
It is not appropriate to provide commentary on specific scenarios, but the government does consider relevant impacts in assessing potential changes to immigration policy.
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a target for increasing the trend rate of economic growth; and if so, what it is.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The Government is committed to sustainable economic growth within a stable macro-economic environment. The Government will set out the approach to growth policy at the Autumn Statement on the 17th November.Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total UK net public sector contribution to the (1) European Economic Community, and (2) EU, budget since the accession of the UK to the European Communities in 1973 at real 2019 prices.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
The total UK Net Public Sector Contributions to the EEC during the period 1973 to 1993, adjusted to real 2019 prices, is equal to £51.5bn. The total UK Net Public Sector Contributions to the EU during the remaining period 1994 to 2019, adjusted to real 2019 prices, is equal to £174.7bn. These figures do not include receipts received by private UK entities, which would reduce the UK’s net contributions.
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total UK net public sector contributions to the EU/EC budget between 1991 and 2019 at real 2019 prices.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
The total UK Net Public Sector Contributions to the EU budget during the period 1991 to 2019, adjusted to real 2019 prices, is equal to £182.6 billion (average £6.3 billion per annum). This figure does not include receipts received by private UK entities, which would further reduce the UK’s net contribution.
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total of the contributions that the UK made to the EU and its predecessors in each of the last 30 years, broken down by year; and what those totals would now be if adjusted for inflation.
Answered by Lord Bates
The UK’s gross contribution in 2016 was £16.996 billion. The UK’s gross contribution has varied over last 30 years, ranging between £9.5 billion and £20 billion once adjusted for inflation in 2016 prices.
For the total annual UK contributions made to the EU and its predecessors, dating back to 1973, I would direct my noble Lord to Table 2 (page 9) of the House of Commons Library briefing paper The UK’s contribution to the EU Budget.
Table 3 (page 10) of the same document gives the contributions in real (2016) prices, calculated using the Office for National Statistics (ONS) GDP deflator.
All other underlying assumptions used are detailed in the publication.
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
Her Majesty's Government how many people, who at the time of issue of their National Insurance number were recorded as being of (1) Romanian nationality, and (2) Bulgarian nationality, were known to (a) the Real Time Information system, and (b) the self assessment system, by HM Revenue and Customs, in the financial year 2015–16.
Answered by Lord Bates
The information is not available as the nationality of individuals is not a reporting requirement of PAYE Real-Time Information or the Self-Assessment system.
The latest information on the National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals including Bulgarians and Romanians has been published by the Department for Work and Pensions on GOV.UK[1].
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 March 2017 (HL5996), what estimate they have made of the contribution of non-UK EU nationals living in the UK to the UK’s gross domestic product per head; and what assessment they have made of that contribution.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Productivity is a key determinant of GDP per head. As noted in the 2012 report by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the empirical literature suggests that the impact of migration on aggregate productivity may be mixed and heavily dependent on the type of migrant coming to the UK. Migrants may increase productivity either through a simple ‘batting average’ effect if they work in higher productivity roles relative to the average for non-migrants, or through increasing the productivity of UK workers through greater specialisation and knowledge transfer.
In this report, the MAC established the key role played by skilled migrants in raising productivity. Further, the 2014 MAC report, ‘Migrants in low-skilled work’, found low skilled migrants have a neutral impact on UK-born employment rates, GDP per head and productivity.
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the contribution to gross domestic product since 2010 of non-UK EU nationals living in the UK; and what assessment they have made of that contribution.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Analysis undertaken by the independent Migration Advisory Committee in 2012 shows that higher levels of net migration will, all else being equal, increase the growth rate of the potential labour supply and therefore the rate of growth of overall GDP.
Asked by: Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the analysis by HM Revenue and Customs <i>Further Tax Credit Statistics on EEA Nationals</i>, published on 25 August, how many individuals who were recorded as being (1) Bulgarian, and (2) Romanian, nationals at the time of issue of their National Insurance numbers claimed (a) tax credits, and (b) child benefit, in 2014–15; and what was the amount of those claims.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The ‘Further Tax Credit Statistics on EEA Nationals, 2013/14’ publication released in August of this year covered HMRC benefits alongside National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax paid by EEA nationals for 2013/14. HMRC information on EEA nationals is complex and the data should be considered in its totality, as set out in that August publication, in order to get as comprehensive and complete a picture as possible. The data on the amount of National Insurance and Income Tax paid for 2014/15 will not be available until spring 2017, and will be published alongside tax credits and Child Benefit data in due course.