§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing, by professional and trade qualification, the number of emigrants from the United Kingdom in each of the past five years, and total capital resources removed from the United Kingdom by emigrants in each of those years.
§ Mr. DellThe following table gives information on emigration from Great Britain. It is based on the International Passenger Survey, which began in 1963.
EMIGRATION FROM GREAT BRITAIN Year Total Professional and Managerial Workers Clerical and Manual Workers 1963 230,100 36,300 80,500 1964 271,700 44,400 99,300 1965 293,900 47,100 109,600 1966 301,600 48,400 108,700 Estimates for engineers, scientists and technologists based in part on non-official sources were published in the recent Report of the Working Group on Migration (Cmnd. 3417).
Estimates for the total capital resources removed from the U.K. are available only for the non-sterling area (n.s.a.). It is estimated that between 1963 and the first half of 1967 the sums transferred to the n.s.a. over the official exchanges, and the sums restricted and available for transfer through the security sterling market or (in the case of emigration after 20th July, 1966) through the investment currency market, have been:—
SUMS TRANSFERRED OVER THE OFFICIAL EXCHANGES (£ million) 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 (first half) 12 12 15 21 11
SUMS RESTRICTED 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 (first half) 10 19 26 26 7