House of Lords written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Bulgarian and Romanians, including students, the self-employed and dependents, they estimate have come to reside in the United Kingdom since those countries' accession to the European Union in 2007.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director General for ONS, to Lord Laird, dated October 2011.
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many Bulgarian and Romanians, including students, the self-employed and dependents, they estimate have come to reside in the United Kingdom since those countries' accession to the European Union in 2007 (HL12196).
The Office for National Statistics produces estimates of long-term international migration, primarily based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). Standard error percentages (SE%) indicate the robustness of each estimate. A migration figure with a standard error of >25% is not considered to be reliable for practical purposes.
The latest figures are available for the period from
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