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Written Question
Employment: Migrant Workers
Monday 10th February 2025

Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of % December 2024 to Question 16739 on Employment, what proportion of the increase in employment level is due to net immigration.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for producing forecasts of the UK economy. The OBR’s latest forecasts, including detail of its forecasts of employment and net migration, are set out in the OBR’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, available on the OBR’s website.

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Economic Situation

"The Chancellor of the Exchequer is in Washington, having meetings with the IMF, and is—[Interruption.]—which have been—[Interruption.]—routine meetings, which have been long scheduled...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"Thank you, Mr Speaker. They are routine meetings that have been long scheduled, and are certainly not a cause for exuberance or over-excitement from the Opposition.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"The shadow Chancellor calls for a reversal of the growth plan, yet at the first opportunity—last night—the Labour party voted for it. She asks about mortgage rates, so let me point out to her that mortgage rates around the world have been on an upward trajectory all year. In fact, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"I thank my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee for his counsel, which the Chancellor always listens to very carefully. The Chair of the Select Committee, along with others, suggested publicly that the date for the medium-term fiscal plan should be brought forward, and the Chancellor listened …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"The Scottish Government are of course receiving record levels of funding, and that will continue. The hon. Member asked about excess deaths. Well, I think the drug death record of the nationalist Government is, frankly, pretty terrible. She asked about the uprating to welfare. There is a statutory process that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"My right hon. Friend, who of course has a very distinguished professional track record in financial services, is absolutely right. A range of independent forecasters have confirmed that the energy price guarantee will not only protect our constituents from high prices, but lower inflation by about 5% compared with where …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"The hon. Lady raises questions about timeframes. Of course, the Labour proposal was only for six months for consumers and businesses, and I did not hear her criticising that. The consumer offer is for 24 months—for two years. In relation to businesses, she is quite that the business scheme is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"Yes, my hon. Friend is making a very important and very reasonable point. I have said this already, but he mentions comparisons with other countries, and our two-year bond yield is about the same as that of the United States at the moment. However, we are mindful of the need …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"I thank the hon. Lady for her question. I have already set out how there have been global trends over the past six or nine months, with higher energy prices, higher inflation and a cycle of increasing interest rates around the globe. In particular, I set out how the monetary …..."
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