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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A
response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question: HL3965 and HL3966 are attached.</p><p>
</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>Lord Green of Deddington</p><p>House
of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>12 December 2022</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord
Green,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority,
I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many arrivals by (1) Ukrainians
and their dependants, (2) Hong Kong BNOs and their dependants, and (3) Afghan citizens
and their dependants, are included in the latest Office for National Statistics net
migration figures, published on 24 November; and when the International Passenger
Survey (IPS) stopped being used as a significant element in calculating net migration;
and what has taken its place (HL3965;HL3966).</p><p>In the Office for National Statistics
(ONS) bulletin published on 24 November, Section 4, Migration Events[1] details the
following published Home Office data included in the ONS’ total long-term international
migration estimates:</p><p>Ukrainians: around 89,000 arrived in the UK in the year
to June 2022</p><p>Afghans: around 21,000 arrived in the UK in the year to June 2022</p><p>For
British nationals overseas (BN(O)) status holders and their families from Hong Kong,
colleagues from the ONS and the Home Office are working together to resolve how we
identify those that are long-term international migrants in the data. Home Office
statistics show that around 76,000 visas were issued for the BN(O) route in the year
ending June 2022. This will represent the upper bound for arrivals, as not all of
those with a visa will arrive in the UK or stay long term. The ONS is also working
to identify BN(O) status holders in their International Passenger Survey (IPS) data
using country of birth and country of last residences as this may help provide a more
robust estimate. Current analysis suggests that 28,000 British nationals with a country
of birth of Hong Kong immigrated into the UK in the year ending June 2022.</p><p>The
long-term international migration data from the IPS was the largest component of the
LongTerm International Migration (LTIM) estimates until its suspension in March 2020
because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.</p><p>In August 2020 the ONS announced
that they would not return to producing official migration statistics from the IPS
because it had been stretched beyond its original purpose. The ONS now focuses on
measuring actual migration, as opposed to intentions, using primarily administrative
data (admin-based migration estimates (ABMEs)). The ONS’ International migration statistical
design progress report: July 2022 provides more information.[2]</p><p>For the latest
long-term international migration estimates; non-EU figures are based on Home Office
Border Systems data, EU figures are based on Registration and Population Interaction
Database (RAPID) data received from Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue
and Customs, and British Nationals figures are based on the International Passenger
Survey (IPS). See the Measuring the data section[3] for more detail. Thank you for
your continued interest in our international migration estimates.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor
Sir Ian Diamond</p><p>[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/
bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2022#migration-events</p><p>[2]
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/
articles/internationalmigrationstatisticaldesignprogressreport/july2022</p><p>[3]
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/
bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2022#measuring-the-data</p>
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