HC Deb 22 October 1979 vol 972 c44W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what numbers of people have emigrated from Scotland and the whole United Kingdom in each of the last five years in the following categories (a) professional, (b) self-employed, (c) skilled manual and (d) total, respectively.

Mr. Fairgrieve

Figures are set out in the table below for the broad occupation groups for which data are available. Self-employed persons are not separately identified in the survey from which the figures are derived.

here. No central record is maintained of such backings and I regret that the information requested is not available.