He added: “On the report itself, my view is that there’s nothing in it that’s particularly surprising or new as regards the UK – it confirms what economists already knew, that EU migrants to the UK are more likely to be in work and less likely to be claiming benefits, and hence overall are likely to make a significant net contribution to the financing of the welfare state. The usefulness of the report is primarily then that it provides data and information on a comparable basis across all the different Member States.”