§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what data he holds on the numbers of scientists at postgraduate and postdoctoral level leaving their profession for(a) other employment and (b) employment abroad.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Department does not collect statistics on this subject. However a recent report by the Science and Engineering Policy Studies Unit on "The Migration of Scientists and Engineers 1984 to 1992", shows that, while 0.6 per cent. of university staff in these disciplines emigrated in 1992, the rate of recruitment of staff to the United Kingdom from other countries was higher at 1.3 per cent.