§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give a monthly figure for doctors of philosophy who have migrated from the United Kingdom since January, 1963;
(2) if he will give monthly figures for the number of doctors of philosophy who originally graduated from universities in the United Kingdom and who have returned to work in the United Kingdom since January, 1963.
§ Mr. CroslandThere are no comprehensive statistics available to provide an answer to these Questions.
Regarding scientists and technologists, the Joint Interviewing Board, which is the joint responsibility of my Department, the Atomic Energy Authority and the Civil Service Commission, and which also represents the Central Electricity Generating Board and the Science Research Council, visited the U.S.A. and Canada last year as is their yearly practice, to interview scientists and technologists, most of them British, for appointments within those organisations in the United Kingdom. They saw 265 candidates, of whom about 65 per cent. were holders of Ph.D.'s, and 186 were recommended for appointments. One hundred and one appointments were made up to December, 1965, either as a result of those recommendations, or by direct recruitment by the Research Councils and the organisations represented by the Board. In addition, the names of 16 candidates were passed by the Board to the Federation of British Industries for consideration for industrial posts in the United Kingdom.