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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 14TH MARCH 2017
Question
Will the Chief Minister advise members of the total number of people who have been issued with registration cards to date under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012, since the Law came into effect, breaking down those numbers into first-time registrations and subsequent registrations, and providing the nationality and country of origin of those registered?
Answer
The figures in Table 1 below show all those people applying for registration cards under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012, since the law came into effect on 1st July 2013, reported by nationality, and including seasonal staff.
Applying for a registration card does not mean people are new to the Island, as everyone needs a registration card when moving house or changing jobs. The below table is therefore not an analysis of new arrivals to Jersey.
These figures are published quarterly, and are available at: https://www.gov.je/pages/search.aspx?query=Population+Office+figures+ When issuing cards we ask for an applicant's nationality, not country of origin. Table 1: Applications for Registration Cards
Nationality | 1/07/2013 - 31/12/2016 |
British (Jersey-Born in brackets) | 48,338 (24,829) |
Portuguese | 9,362 |
Polish | 5,337 |
Romanian | 1,995 |
Irish | 1,401 |
French | 720 |
South African | 408 |
Indian | 343 |
Bulgarian | 297 |
Latvian | 282 |
Thai | 265 |
Filipino | 255 |
Italian | 227 |
Hungarian | 195 |
Spanish | 187 |
German | 172 |
Australian | 163 |
Kenyan | 163 |
Zimbabwean | 156 |
Dutch | 147 |
Canadian | 116 |
American (USA) | 100 |
Swedish | 99 |
New Zealander | 96 |
Slovak | 80 |
Czech Republic | 93 |
Pakistani | 60 |
Russian | 60 |
Brazilian | 59 |
Lithuanian | 56 |
Austrian | 48 |
Chinese | 48 |
Bangladeshi | 47 |
Malaysian | 41 |
Belgian | 40 |
Mauritian | 34 |
Slovenian | 28 |
Swiss | 28 |
Cypriot | 26 |
Finnish | 25 |
Egyptian | 24 |
Greek | 24 |
Venezuelan | 23 |
Jamaican | 22 |
Ugandan | 22 |
Norwegian | 21 |
Danish | 20 |
Maltese | 20 |
Sri Lankan | 20 |
Turkish | 19 |
Zambian | 19 |
Malawian | 17 |
Cuban | 13 |
Ghanaian | 12 |
Croatian | 11 |
Estonian | 11 |
Nigerian | 11 |
Icelandic | 10 |
Israeli | 10 |
Moroccan | 10 |
Singaporean | 10 |
Tunisian | 10 |
Mexican | 9 |
Japanese | 7 |
Argentine 6 
Peruvian 6 Other Nationalities 317 Total 72,301
The figures in Table 2 below show all those people applying for registration cards under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012 as new arrivals to the Island since the law came into effect on 1 July 2013, reported by nationality, and including seasonal staff.
Table 2: Applications for registration cards from new arrivals to Jersey
Nationality | 1/07/2013 - 31/12/2016 |
British (Jersey-Born in brackets) | 4030 (467) |
Polish | 1,462 |
Portuguese | 1,313 |
Romanian | 821 |
French | 341 |
Irish | 224 |
Bulgarian | 140 |
South African | 139 |
Indian | 127 |
Spanish | 110 |
Italian | 108 |
Hungarian | 88 |
Latvian | 77 |
German | 71 |
Dutch | 68 |
Australian | 62 |
Zimbabwean | 61 |
Filipino | 54 |
American (USA) | 39 |
Canadian | 39 |
Pakistani | 36 |
New Zealander | 32 |
Swedish | 32 |
Czech Republic | 35 |
Austrian | 30 |
Lithuanian | 27 |
Slovak | 24 |
Chinese | 18 |
Thai | 18 |
Brazilian | 17 |
Greek | 17 |
Malaysian | 16 |
Belgian | 15 |
Mauritian | 15 |
Bangladeshi | 12 |
Cypriot | 11 |
Swiss | 11 |
Finnish | 10 |
Kenyan | 9 |
Slovenian | 9 |
Maltese | 8 |
Nigerian | 8 |
Russian | 8 |
Croatian | 7 |
Estonian | 7 |
Norwegian | 7 |
Egyptian | 6 |
Jamaican | 6 |
Singaporean | 6 |
Danish | 5 |
Sri Lankan | 5 |
Venezuelan | 5 |
Other Nationalities | 75 |
Total | 9921 |