§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Health what is the average number of applicants for executive council vacancies in general practices in each year since 1948; and what is the proportion of doctors of overseas origin amongst such applicants.
§ Miss PittFollowing are the figures:
Period Average Applicants July, 1948—December, 1952 … … … 25 1953 … … … 32 1954 … … … 37 1955 … … … 43 1956 … … … 43 1957 … … … 35 1958 … … … 31 1959 … … … 24 1960 … … … 18 1961 … … … 18 I regret that the information asked for in the last part of the Question is not available.