Doctors (Call-Up) (Hansard, 1 February 1955)

§ Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for War to make a statement showing the numbers and percentages of Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish doctors called up for National Service as medical officers, who have been posted to the

NATIONAL SERVICE MEDICAL OFFICERS
The distribution to Commands of newly commissioned Medical Officers during the quarter 1st October to 31st December, 1954, was:
Place of Birth	British Army of the Rhine	Middle East Land Forces	Far East Land Forces	Elsewhere including United Kingdom	Total
No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.
England	4	12.5	9	28.13	4	12.5	15	46.87	32
Scotland	—	—	2	16.67	—	—	10	83.33	12
Northern Ireland and Eire	3	42.85	—	—	1	14.29	3	42.85	7
Wales	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	100	1

Corresponding figures for the two previous quarters are as follows:

Place of Birth	British Army of the Rhine	Middle East Land Forces	Far East Land Forces	Elsewhere including United Kingdom	Total
No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.
1st April to 30th June, 1954
England	3	7.5	8	20.0	2	5.0	27	67.5	40
Scotland	5	35.71	—	—	2	14.29	7	50.0	14
Northern Ireland and Eire	1	50.0	—	—	—	—	1	50.0	2
Wales	1	25.0	—	—	1	25.0	2	50.0	4
1st July to 30th September, 1954
England	13	16.46	11	13.9	1	1.27	54	68.34	79
Scotland	4	9.52	10	23.81	2	4.76	26	61.91	42
Northern Ireland and Eire	—	—	—	—	2	28.57	5	71.43	7
Wales	3	21.43	—	—	—	—	11	78.57	14

A small number of naturalised British subjects is excluded from these figures.

90W

British Army of the Rhine, Middle East Land Forces, Far East Land Forces, and elsewhere, respectively, since October, 1954; and how these numbers and percentages, respectively, compare with previous convenient periods.