To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, people in each age group have left Scotland in each of the last 10 years. The following tables set outthe information readily available, drawn from patient registrations withgeneral practitioners as recorded in the National Health Service CentralRegister (NHSCR) and from the 2001 Census.The NHSCR providesinformation on the re-registration of patients moving between Scotland andthe rest of the UK.Outward Moves Recorded in NHSCR, by Age 0-14 15-24 25 - 59/64 60/65+ Year to Sept Moves Moves as a % of age group population Moves Moves as a % of age group population Moves Moves as a % of age group population Moves Moves as a % of age group population 1996 10,075 1.1 15,201 2.3 27,030 1.1 2,515 0.3 1997 9,786 1.0 15,473 2.4 27,965 1.1 2,560 0.3 1998 9,132 1.0 15,325 2.4 28,140 1.1 2,350 0.3 1999 9,013 1.0 15,863 2.5 28,364 1.1 2,487 0.3 2000 9,247 1.0 15,610 2.5 29,719 1.2 2,630 0.3 2001 8,074 0.9 14,729 2.3 27,840 1.1 2,406 0.3 2002 8,325 0.9 14,376 2.2 27,099 1.1 2,310 0.2 The 2001 Census providesinformation about out-migration to the rest of the UK (but notto other countries, because such migrants will not have completed a Censusform) in the 12 months ending 29 April 2001.Moves Recorded in 2001Census, by Age 0-14 15-24 25 - 59/64 60/65+ Moves % of age group population Moves % of age group population Moves % of age group population Moves % of age group population Moves from Scotland to rest of UK 7,143 0.8 14,556 2.3 23,941 0.9 2,130 0.2 The flows recorded by theNHSCR tend to be larger because they include short-term moves and multiplemoves for the same person, whereas the Census only compares address at the dateof the Census with address a year earlier.