Summary
This Report, 'The
Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration' (Cm. 7237), has been produced as
a cross-departmental submission to the inquiry being conducted by the House of
Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs into the economic impact of
immigration in the UK.
The UK has shared in increasing worldwide
migration: in the year from mid-2005 to mid-2006, 385,000 people left the UK on
a long-term basis whilst 574,000 entered the UK on a long-term basis.
This Report examines in detail:
- Public finance impacts, including
how immigration affects the public finances
- Macroeconomic impacts,
including impact on growth, productivity and innovation
- Labour market,
productivity and skills impacts, including the effect on employment and
wages
- Sectors and occupations demographic impacts, including
immigrants’ performance and integration in the UK labour market
- The
economic impact of illegal immigration, including the costs to the UK
- How the collection of immigration data could be improved
- Government
policy on immigration, including a potential points system for immigrants from
outside the EU.
The Office for National Statistics has also
produced a separate statistical submission as a background paper to this
report.
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Law-Making Explained
This is a Command Paper
(Cm 7237 2006-07): it is a cross-departmental submission to the House of Lords
Select Committee on Economic Affairs from the Home Office, HM Treasury, the
Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics.
Find out more about Command Papers.