England is taking a far bigger share of immigrants than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, leading to accusations from a cross-party group of MPs that the main political parties are “in denial” about how the country will cope.

Figures provided by Karen Dunnell, the UK’s national statistician, show that from 1991 to 2007 some 92 per cent of British immigration was to England. England took in 11 times more immigrants than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, during that time, though its population is only five times larger.