Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what increase there has been in the annual intake of medical students in the United Kingdom since 1951; and what has been the increase of medical students in Wales during the same period.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe numbers entering the first preclinical year in each year since 1960–61 in all Great Britain and in Wales are shown below. No comparable series of figures are available for the earlier years.
Number of Students Academic Year Great Britain (including Wales) Wales 1960–61 2,020 60 1961–62 2,103 62 1962–63 2,192 65 1963–64 2,281 69 1964–65 2,407 71 1965–66 (provisional) 2,444 70