§ Mr. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each year from 1951 to 1963, inclusive, the estimate of the net loss of population from Scotland due to migration; and what was the total loss in that period.
§ Mr. NobleThe total estimated net loss of population from Scotland due to migration over the period mid-1951 to mid-1963 was 345,100. The figures for individual years are as follows:
1951–52 … … 29,100 1952–53 … … 31,300 1953–54 … … 27,000 1954–55 … … 25,100 1955–56 … … 27,200 1956–57 … … 33,100 1957–58 … … 25,400 1958–59 … … 20,300 1959–60 … … 28,500 1960–61 … … 34,600 1961–62 … … 29,500 1962–63 … … 34,000