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Employment of Foreign Workers in the United Kingdom (1997-2008)
Presents the ONS definition and latest Labour Force Survey estimates of foreign workers in the United Kingdom.
Economic & Labour Market Review, vol 2, no 7, pp 18. ISSN: 1751-8334
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the source for estimates of migrant workers in the UK economy. This article presents the most up-to-date LFS figures using the population estimates published in 2007. It updates figures for 1997 that have previously been released into the public domain, and also provides the most recent estimates. Given the recent public interest in the topic, this article seeks to ensure greater clarity and timeliness of migrant worker reporting from the LFS in the future, in line with the recommendations of the Inter-departmental Task Force on migration statistics (2006). It reviews the ways in which the LFS can provide migrant worker figures, and presents the new Office for National Statistics standard definition for migrant workers.
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