Gavin Newlands – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the contribution of refugees to the UK economy.

Richard Harrington

There are no current plans to undertake an assessment of the contribution of refugees to the UK economy. In September 2014, the Home Office published a report on the labour market characteristics of UK residents born abroad, which highlighted that the employment rate at that time was lowest among those who came originally as a refugee (47% for non-EEA).