Migration data for South Yorkshire What’s available and what does it tell us?

Available data ‘ Easily’ accessible Population trends, migration estimates and projections Migrant workers International students at universities Pupil first language National migration trends Negotiable Local authority level data on A8 workers Asylum seekers and some refugees Locally collected data by individual services

Sources of information and support Links to: (Inter)national and local datasets Local Government Association guide Commentary on national migration statistics and the net migration target Local Information Systems in the region all can be found in our Introduction to Migration Statistics at: New JSNA Guide to Migrant Health (flier in packs)

Local Migration Profile project Driven by partner agencies struggling to find and use migration data to prepare for migrants in their client groups Flexible design Regular outputs combining available data for each local authority area and subregions Send me everything How many immigrants are there?

What’s unique? Non-specialist audience Compares different sources Change over time and space Compares locality to the regional ‘average’ Regular updates to include new data

Mainstream service applications General migration background (internal briefings, media) Population profiling requirements JSNA (health), LEA and EIA (LAs) Targeting specific groups burglary prevention (housing services), engaging with minority communities (police and fire services) Research support local studies (arts and leisure), choosing research sample sites (flooding)

Migrant service applications Needs assessments for new services (Red Cross destitution work, Barnardo’s scoping needs of asylum children) Evidence in grant applications (Police) Planning for existing services (languages for translation materials, UKBA LITs) Improving services (asylum dispersal sites, improving LA support for vulnerable groups following inspection)

Migration trends in South Yorkshire (1) Different causes of long-term population change B/D/R mainly growing due to indigenous births S due to international migration and births to non-UK mothers Decrease in net international migration everywhere? ONS predicted in all 4 areas: immigration dropping, emigration rising in future – but latest UK statistics show stable immigration and less emigration than expected

Barnsley: birth trends data Fertility rate Births to non-UK born mothers Higher fertility among local population than rest of Yorkshire and Humber Very few births to migrant mothers

Migration trends in South Yorkshire (2) Increasing non-EU students at university in Sheffield both proportionally and absolute numbers Fewer asylum seekers and refugees everywhere beginning to stabilise after significant falls Accession migration beginning to stabilise Slovak (R/S) and Polish nationals (B/D) Ratio of accession:non-accession migration changing, with increasing non-EU migration Accession accounts for around 65% of arrivals to B/D/R New Commonwealth (India) now dominates in S

New arrivals across Sheffield City Region Accession falling New Commonwealth rising

New arrivals to Sheffield New Commonwealth now the dominant category ‘Other’ category also rising

Gaps in the data Particular migrant groups: Those joining families already here Further education and ESOL learners People with no recourse to public funds People leaving the UK (and by what route) Alternative migration indicators: Local services Registered employers and education providers Local research

What’s coming up in 2011? New inclusion of pupil data in our profiles Less data? Fewer services producing data, localism drive reducing targets and local government reporting requirements Ending of transitional arrangements for A8 countries will end WRS data Net migration target reducing entry through formal routes (work, study, asylum) – other routes of entry? External influences on migration patterns – A8 economies, north Africa displacement

Our role as data users Balancing risk… limited access to sensitive data political sensitivity and gatekeeping how much data should we collect? … and benefit: a more informed ‘debate’ on migration improved data expertise among migrant services bridging policy, practice, data and research - better services for whole communities