Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of devolution on local economies.”
Tabled: 27 August 2024Answered: 2 September 2024
Asked by
Melanie Onn
Labour — Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mike Tapp)
Under the previous Government, we saw 2.5 million people arrive in just four years—that is one in 30 people in the country at this time. This Government have brought migration down by 82% since its peak and by 41% in the past year.