§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the(a) number and (b) age distribution of university staff specialising in nuclear physics research. [68828]
§ Mr. MudieThe data requested are not available centrally. The available data relate to academic staff in UK higher education institutions in 1996–97 whose primary academic discipline is physics. A breakdown by age and primary employment function is given for full time staff in the following table:
Employment function and age of full-time academic staff in UK HEIs whose primary academic discipline is physics, 1996–97 Age Teaching only Research only Teaching and Research Total Under 26 2 258 9 269 26–35 10 1,583 370 1,963 36–45 10 383 614 1,007 46–55 39 145 819 1,003 56 and over 22 58 585 665 Total 83 2,427 2,397 4,907