§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science pursuant to his answer of 9 February,Official Report, column 750, if he will express the figures contained in his answer as a percentage of total university lecturing staff for each of the years 1980 to 1987.
Mr. JacksonThe information on lecturers leaving universities in Great Britain to take up employment or study abroad as a percentage of lecturers in post in the previous year is as follows:
Non-clinical Clinical All 1980 0.7 1.8 0.8 1981 0.6 1.4 0.6 1982 0.6 1.4 0.7 1983 0.4 2.1 0.5 1984 0.5 1.0 0.5 1985 0.4 1.1 0.5 1986 0.6 1.2 0.6 1987 0.5 1.0 0.6