Question reference: S6W-13396
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 5 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the National Records of Scotland will start publishing the Migration Statistics Quarterly Summary for Scotland again.
Answer
National Records of Scotland (NRS) are unable to confirm when it will be possible to resume publishing the Migration Statistics Quarterly Summary for Scotland as the data required is not currently available.
The release is a summary of data sources from UK Government departments including the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Home Office.
These departments have temporarily suspended most statistical releases for reasons such as data quality, other underlying data issues, and reviewing the way they produce statistics to make best use of available data.
More information can be found on the NRS, DWP, ONS and Home Office websites.