§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the countries of origin of staff first employed by the NHS in the past year. [1152]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is not held centrally. Information on the countries of origin of staff registered to work as healthcare professionals is held by the relevant regulatory body. A list of regulatory bodies is in the table.
§ Jacqui SmithThe information is sown in the table.
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Month of registration South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 2000 June 13.5 9.8 13.1 4.9 12.6 0.2 July 11.5 8.6 11.7 4.3 10.5 0.4 August 16.3 5.3 7.8 2.5 7.2 0.2 September 35.7 16.9 26.7 8.6 18.7 0.2 October 21.0 14.1 17.3 6.7 16.5 1.0 November 12.3 8.7 11.3 4.2 10.6 0.8 December 8.8 6.5 8.3 3.1 8.3 0.5 2001 January 13.3 10.1 13.0 4.8 12.2 0.5 February 12.4 9.0 11.6 4.1 10.6 0.4 March 17.7 13.3 16.5 5.2 12.2 0.9 April 11.1 9.2 11.2 3.5 10.2 0.4 May 10.5 7.7 9.5 3.4 8.1 0.2 Total number 184.1 119.2 158.0 55.3 137.7 5.7 Percentage of new applications 11.7 7.6 10.1 3.5 8.8 0.4 Percentage of ODR total 10.1 7.4 11.0 5.4 9.6 1.7 Percentage population 8.3 9.0 11.2 5.0 8.7 2.8 Notes:
1. NHS region has been defined by postcode and figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Total number of registrations on Organ Donor Register at 25 June 2001 is 8.8 million.