This briefing summarises trends in National Insurance number applications from London residents since 2016. It examines the most frequent nationalities represented in recent data, and compares these nationalities with those applying from the whole of the UK.

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted both domestic and international migration patterns. This briefing is intended to provide a summary of pre-pandemic domestic migration relating to London, to provide a baseline against which new data can be compared. The Office for National Statistics provide annual data on internal migration moves into and out of each local authority in England and...