HC Deb 01 May 1995 vol 259 c62W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment she has made of the effects of United Kingdom academics moving abroad to attain higher salary levels on United Kingdom higher education salary levels. [20930]

Mr. Boswell

None. Data from the universities' statistical record show that the overall flows of academics to and from abroad are very small. In Great Britain in 1993, there was a net inflow of 220 full-time non-clinical university staff in former Universities Funding Council-funded institutions, the equivalent of 0.8 per cent. of staff in post. Such relatively small movements in the academic labour market would be unlikely to have an appreciable effect on higher education salary levels in the United Kingdom.