§ Mr. Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the annual numbers of those born in Scotland who have emigrated in each year since 1971.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe information available does not provide accurate figures of total emigration from Scotland, nor is there any information available about the birthplace of emigrants. There are, however, some sample figures available on emigration from Scotland to countries overseas derived from the
503WInternational Passenger Survey. Grossed-up estimates based oil these sample figures are shown in the table below, as are figures of the number of patients on doctors' lists moving from Scotland to the rest of the United Kingdom as recorded through the National Health Service Central Register.
Year Emigrants to overseas from Scotland International Passenger Survey Patients on doctors' lists moving from Scotland to rest of United Kingdom 1971–72 22,800 69,400 1972–73 20,000 61,700 1973–74 20,400 52,800 1974–75 26,000 61,900