HC Deb 18 October 1966 vol 734 c10W
Mr. A. Royle

asked the Minister of Aviation how many aviation research workers have emigrated from the United Kingdom in each of the calendar years 1963, 1964, 1965 and the first nine months of 1966.

Mr. Mulley

No firm statistics are available, but information supplied by firms in the aircraft industry suggests that the number of qualified scientists and technologists who emigrated from the United Kingdom in the years 1963, 1964 and 1965 was as follows:

Year Sci. Emigration Tech. Total
1963 14 66 80
1964 8 98 106
1965 26 156 182

It is not known how many of the emigrants were engaged on research work prior to their departure. No figures are available for the first nine months of 1966.