§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many and what percentage of those entering medical training to qualify as doctors in each of the past 10 years were(a) men and (b) women; [97580]
(2) what percentage of those entering medical training were (a) men and (b) women in the last year for which figures are available. [97579]
§ Mr. LammyThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Number and gender of English medical school intake 1991–92 to 2001–02 Male Female Academic Year Total Number Percentage Number Percentage 1991–92 3,191 1,615 50.6 1,576 49.4 1992–93 3,263 1,542 47.3 1,721 52.7 1993–94 3,374 1,654 49.0 1,720 51.0 1994–95 3,514 1,701 48.4 1,813 51.6 1995–96 3,486 1,777 51.0 1,709 49.0 1996–97 3,594 1,711 47.6 1,883 52.4 1997–98 3,749 1.697 45.3 2,052 54.7 1998–99 3,735 1,690 45.25 2,045 54.75 1999–2000 3,972 1,748 44.0 2,224 56.0 2000–01 4,300 1,826 42.5 2,474 57.5 2001–02 4,713 1,959 41.5 2,754 58.5 Intake to English medical schools has risen by 1,522 during the past 10 years to its current level of 4,713, an increase of 48 per cent.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what figures he has collated on how many qualified medical doctors cease to work in the profession(a) during the first five years after qualifying and (b) during the first 10 years after qualifying, broken down by gender; [97583]
(2) how many and what percentage of those who qualified as medical practitioners but who did not enter and work in the profession in the last year for which figures are available were (a) men and (b) women. [97584]
§ Mr. LammyWe do not collect data on the number of medical graduates who do not enter the medical profession, nor do we collect data about the number of doctors who cease to work in the profession. However, the medical careers research group in the University of Oxford have undertaken cohort studies based on data collected by questionnaires sent to individual doctors emerging from United Kingdom medical schools.
Of a 25 per cent., sample survey of the qualifiers of 2000, the latest data available, only tworespondents did not start working as a pre-registration house officer. Both were female.
Data from 1996 qualifiers shows that, of those surveyed five years after qualification, 2.4 per cent., of men and 4.2 per cent, of women were not working in medicine.
Data from 1988 qualifiers shows that of those surveyed 10 years after qualification, 0.9 per cent., of men and 5.3 per cent., of women were not working in medicine.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of those entering medical education who completed their studies and qualify to practise in the last year for which figures are available were(a) men and (b) women. [97582]
§ Jacqui SmithThe latest figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England show that at 31 July 2002, the number obtaining the first registerable medical qualification in England was 3,280; 1,467, or 45 per cent., of whom were male and 1,813, or 55 per cent., were female.