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<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics
Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em><strong>Letter
from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Rt Hon. the Lord Pendry, dated
10 May 2018.</strong></em></p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Pendry,</p><p> </p><p>As National
Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to
your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of the number of EU
nationals working in the travel and hospitality sectors of the UK economy <strong>(HL7570)</strong>.</p><p>
</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles labour market statistics
for people in employment by industry and by nationality from the Annual Population
Survey (APS), a household survey of people in the UK. People are classified to industry
groups and nationality based on responses given during survey interview.</p><p> </p><p>ONS
classifies people to industry groups in line with the Standard Industrial Classification
2007 (SIC2007). We have defined the travel and hospitality sectors to include industries
covering accommodation for visitors, food and beverage servicing activities, passenger
transport, vehicle hire and travel agencies.</p><p> </p><p>For the period January
2017 to December 2017, the latest period available, the total number of EU nationals,
including UK nationals, working in the travel and hospitality sectors was 2,141,000.
Of these, 1,853,000 were UK nationals, with the remaining 288,000 nationals of other
EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>As with any sample survey, APS estimates are subject to
a certain level of uncertainty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>
</p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p>
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