Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8XG Adeiladau’r Llywodraeth Heol Caerdydd Casnewydd NP10 8XG Tel: 01633 456395 Email: [email protected] www.ons.gov.uk Ffôn: : 01633 456395 Ebost: [email protected] www.ons.gov.uk William McCrea MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA January 2015 Dear Mr McCrea, As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of citizens of EU member states in Eastern Europe who are resident in the UK. (220596) ONS collects data on country of birth and nationality from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts. It is a household survey and so does not include people living in most types of communal establishment. The table shows estimates of the number of EU nationals resident in the UK, for the latest 12 month period for which data is available, which is between January and December 2013. Estimates are shown in the table alongside their margin of error. This refers to the 95 per cent confidence interval and is a measure of the uncertainty associated with making inferences from a sample survey. Yours Sincerely, Glen Watson Director General for ONS Table 1: Estimated population of EU member state nationals resident in the UK1,2,3, 2013 estimate thousands CI4,5 +/- EU27 2,507 69 EU14 1,168 47 Austria 15 5 Belgium 16 6 Denmark6 22 6 7 Finland 10 4 France8 147 17 Germany 126 15 Greece Italy 41 9 133 16 Luxembourg 2 2 Netherlands 66 11 Portugal 136 16 Republic of Ireland 329 25 Spain9 90 13 Sweden 35 8 1,148 47 42 9 EU8 Czech Republic 10 Estonia 6 3 Hungary 72 12 Latvia 88 13 Lithuania 156 17 Poland 726 37 Slovakia 55 10 Slovenia 4 3 EU2 177 18 Bulgaria 49 10 Romania 128 16 Malta 8 4 Croatia 5 3 34 8 Cyprus11 Source: Annual Population Survey (APS)/Labour Force Survey (LFS), ONS Totals may not sum due to rounding Notes: 1. Estimates are based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts. APS and LFS data have now been grossed to 2010-based population estimates and projections. Tables published from the year ending December 2011 have been weighted using these estimates. Tables published prior to this were weighted using the 2008 and 2006-based estimates and projections and have not been revised. Analysis shows that there is no discernible discontinuity in these tables. 2. It should be noted that the LFS * excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent * excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc) * is grossed to population estimates of those living in private households. An adjustment is made for those who live in some NHS accommodation and halls of residence whose parents live in the UK. For this reason the sum of those born in the UK and outside the UK may not agree with the published population estimate. 3. The LFS weighting does not adjust for non-response bias by the nationality variable. 4. CI+/- is the upper(+) and lower(-) 95% confidence limits. It is defined as: 1.96 x standard error. 5. If the confidence interval is higher than the estimate, it is not considered reliable for practical purposes. 6. Denmark includes Faroe Islands and Greenland. 7. Finland includes Aland Islands. 8. France includes French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion. 9. Spain includes Spain (Except Canary Islands), Canary Islands, and Spain Not Otherwise Specified. 10. Czech Republic includes Czechoslovakia Not Otherwise Specified. 11. Cyprus includes Cyprus (European Union), Cyprus (Non-European Union), and Cyprus (Not Otherwise Specified).