Emigration during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
Year ending March 2017 → Year ending September 2019 · 10 periods
↑ 13.9%+72,000 people
Emigration rose by 13.9% over the period, from 519,000 people (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to 591,000 (Year ending September 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2017: 519,000
Level when it left Year ending September 2019: 591,000
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The estimated number of people who left the UK intending to be away for at least 12 months, over a 12-month period.
Doesn’t measure: People leaving for less than a year, or the total number of British people living abroad.