§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is 496W the number of persons admitted to the United Kingdom in each of the years 1969 to 1975 for training as medical students.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe number of overseas students admitted to medical schools in the United Kingdom from 1969 onwards was:
Academic Year 1969–70 … … … 117 1970–71 … … … 114 1971–72 … … … 108 1972–73 … … … 98 1973–74 … … … 98 1974–75 … … … 103 Official figures are not yet available for the whole of 1975–76, but 111 overseas students were admitted to courses in medicine in October 1975. A student may have entered the country earlier than the year in which he began his university course.
§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the same academic standards govern the admission to United Kingdom teaching hospitals of overseas medical students as those which apply to applicants who are resident citizens of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerI understand that this is the case.