§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what criteria he uses when deciding whether to expand the numbers of medical students.
§ Sir K. JosephNo precise criteria have been adopted. The Royal Commission on Medical Education which reported in 1968 estimated that the number of doctors needed per million population would rise80W by 1.5 per cent. a year up to 1975 and 1.3 per cent. a year thereafter; this estimate was taken into account in the existing plans for increasing the number of doctors trained in Great Britain, under which medical school places should rise by over 1.000 during this decade.