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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>
</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 25 January is attached.</p><p>
</p><p>The Rt Hon the Lord of Kilclooney<br>House of Lords<br>London<br>SW1A 0PW</p><p>1
February 2023</p><p>Dear Lord Kilclooney,</p><p><br>As National Statistician and Chief
Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question
asking further to the Common Travel Area, what is the estimated number of (1) UK citizens
in the Republic of Ireland, and (2) Irish citizens in Great Britain (HL5084).</p><p>The
Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not produce estimates of the number of UK
citizens living in Ireland. That country’s Central Statistics Office estimated that
103,113 UK citizens were living in Ireland in April 2016 (1). Population by nationality
estimates based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) show that there were an estimated
330,000 Irish nationals resident in Great Britain in June 2021 (2).</p><p>The 2021
Census for England and Wales and the corresponding Census for Scotland, which due
to the Covid pandemic was delayed until 2022, asked respondents about passports held
which can be used as some proxy for citizenship. The relevant Census figures have
not yet been published, though the first release of data on this topic for England
and Wales showed that an estimated 364,726 residents of these countries held an Irish
passport but not a UK passport (3).</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian
Diamond</p><p> </p><p>1 https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/uk/</p><p><br>2
Table 2.4, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/populationoftheunitedkingdombycountryofbirthandnationality<br>Note
that data from this source below UK, EU and non-EU level should be treated with caution
and not be compared with previous years due to the introduction of a new weighting
methodology to reflect the change in survey operations during the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic. These statistics were discontinued in October 2022</p><p>3 Table TS005,
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_ts</p>
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