HC Deb 01 August 1963 vol 682 c170W
Mr. Mason

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science how many scientists, engineers and other technologists, respectively, have left the Atomic Energy Authority for America and Canada to take jobs or scholarships in each of the last five years.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

To the best of the Authority's knowledge the numbers are as follows

Scientists Engineers
1958 5
1959 20 1
1960 8 1
1961 11 2
1962 17

No other technologists have been involved.

The total number of scientists and engineers employed by the Authority is about 5,000.

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