asked the Minister for External Affairs if he will state (a) the number of persons, distinguishing between men and women, who emigrated to Great Britain during each month of the present year; (b) the number of permits issued during each month of the present year to (1) men, (2) women, for the purpose of enabling them to travel to Great Britain and/or Northern Ireland for the purpose of taking up employment.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Emigrants to Britain.
A tabular statement giving the required figures will be circulated with the Official Report.
The statement shows for each month of the year both the total number of permits issued and the number of permits issued to persons travelling for the particular purpose of taking up employment. Both sets of figures include permits issued for journeys involving merely temporary absences, such as visits to relatives, business trips and journeys to take up seasonal work and, therefore, in neither case are the figures a guide as to the number of persons emigrating in the ordinary sense.
Separate figures for Great Britain and Northern Ireland are given in the case of total issues, but such separate figures are not immediately available in respect of permits issued to persons travelling for the particular purpose of taking up employment.
Following is the statement:—
(a) Total number of travel permits issued during each month of 1941 to (1) men, and (2) women, for travel to (a) Great Britain, and (b) Northern Ireland, irrespective of the purpose of the journey.
|
MEN |
WOMEN |
|||
|
Great Britain |
Northern Ireland |
Great Britain |
Northern Ireland |
|
|
January |
231 |
430 |
140 |
252 |
|
February |
96 |
341 |
66 |
199 |
|
March |
358 |
667 |
147 |
463 |
|
April |
365 |
233 |
44 |
141 |
|
May |
1,219 |
233 |
135 |
111 |
|
June |
2,841 |
279 |
418 |
192 |
|
July |
4,087 |
483 |
378 |
379 |
|
August |
7,242 |
442 |
497 |
376 |
|
September |
7,703 |
618 |
706 |
469 |
|
October |
3,046 |
686 |
655 |
328 |
|
November |
1,738 |
601 |
465 |
285 |
(b) Number of travel permits issued during each month of 1941 to (1) men, and (2) women, for travel to either Great Britain or Northern Ireland for the purpose of taking up employment.
|
(1) Men |
(2) Women |
|
|
January |
314 |
57 |
|
February |
238 |
64 |
|
March |
568 |
97 |
|
April |
435 |
31 |
|
May |
1,263 |
82 |
|
June |
2,939 |
325 |
|
July |
4,208 |
229 |
|
August |
7,323 |
330 |
|
September |
7,932 |
570 |
|
October |
3,405 |
551 |
|
November |
2,038 |
335 |
In view of the information which has to be given on their application forms by applicants for permits is it not possible to distinguish between those going for the purpose of taking up employment and those going on other missions?
I did not catch the sense of the Deputy's supplementary question. Separate figures for Great Britain and Northern Ireland are given in the case of the total issues, but such separate figures are not immediately available in respect of permits issued to persons travelling for the purpose of taking up employment. We have separated the whole lot into the two categories, "Great Britain" and "Northern Ireland," but we have not made a special sub-division of those going for the purpose of taking up employment.