HC Deb 17 February 1989 vol 147 cc413-4W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evidence he has on the alleged academic brain drain.

Mr. Jackson

Recent movements of full-time wholly unversity financed non-clinical academic staff between universities in Great Britain and employment or study abroad have been as follows:

Inflow Outflow Net inflow
1980 276 249 27
1981 183 203 -20
1982 118 214 -96
1983 220 153 67
1984 318 138 180
Inflow Outflow Net inflow
1985 292 154 138
1986 260 204 56
1987 199 191 8

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