Immigration: Statistics
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the reliability of its immigration statistics.
Answered by Seema Malhotra
The development of the long-term international migration statistics are a matter for the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). The UK Statistics Authority oversees the quality and reliability of national statistics. The ONS’ migration statistics are ‘Official Statistics in Development’, meaning they are tested with a wide range of users, in line with the standards of trustworthiness, quality, and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics.
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