§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the numbers of academic staff leaving British universities for posts abroad in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [109022]
§ Mr. WicksThe available data are given in the table. There has always been some academic recruitment across national boundaries and the numbers for the most recent years represent only around 5 per cent. of all staff who leave the higher education sector.
Full-time, wholly institutionally financed academic staff leaving higher education institutions to take up posts abroad Staff leaving to take up employment abroad1 Former UFC2 funded universities in GB Calendar year: 1989 3183 1990 3192 1991 3184 1992 3200 1993 3183 All HE institutions in the UK Academic year: 1994–95 4170 1995–96 4268 1996–97 4303 1997–98 4290 1998–99 4294 1 Includes employment in HE institutions, research institutes, and other overseas employment. 2 Universities Funding Council. 3 Including staff who left for study abroad. 4 Excluding staff who did not give details of their destination.