§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the approximate number of doctors who are employed full time in hospitals of the National Health Service; and what are the numbers who are citizens of India and Pakistan, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation about the citizenship or countries of origin of hospital doctors, distinguishing between whole-timers and part-timers, is not readily available. Of a total of about 26,250 doctors, including locums, in England and Wales, at 30th September, 1970, it is estimated that the numbers who were born in India and Pakistan40W were rather less than 4,000 and about 1,000 respectively. Approximately 18,000 of the total, including locums, were employed whole-time, but it is not known how many of these were born in India and Pakistan respectively.