Migration
(asked on 22nd November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who emigrated from the UK in (1) 1991, (2) 2010, and (3) 2020; and how this compares to the number of people who applied to settle in the UK in each of those years.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of immigration, emigration and net migration on their website:
International migration - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
ONS estimates of Emigration from the UK
| 1991 | 2010 | 2019 | YE March 2020 | |
| Total | 285,000 | 339,000 | 409,000 | 403,000 |
All data are estimates YE March 2020 is the latest available data |
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https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
The available Home Office data relate to grants and refusals of applications for settlement. These are published in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ on GOV.UK:
The latest available data relates to the year ending June 2021. Data for Q3 2021 will be published on 25 November 2021.
Grants and refusals of Settlement in the UK
| 1991 | 2010 | 2020 | YE June 2021 | |
| Grant | 53,900 | 241,192 | 85,457 | 106,876 |
| Refusal | N/A | 11,134 | 1,814 | 1,897 |
| Grand Total | N/A | 252,326 | 87,271 | 108,773 |
1991 data rounded to the nearest 10 Data from 2010 to 31 December 2020 exclude EEA nationals Nationals of EU accession countries are included or excluded according to their accession date Only Grants of Settlement were published in 1991 YE June 2021 is the latest available data |