§ Mr. Liptonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are in receipt of supplementary benefit through the local offices in the London borough of Lambeth.
468Wthe latest information on numbers of overseas-born doctors in practice in Great Britain
TABLE 1 Year (Ending 30th September) Number of Overseas-Born Doctors Increase 1969 16,900 — 1970 17,600 700 1971 17,900 300 1972 (estimate) 18,700 800 1973 (estimate) 19,800 1,100 1974 (provisional estimate) 20,500 700 Table 2 gives the latest validated migration data for overseas-born doctors who are fully or provisionally registered.
TABLE 2 Year (Ending 30th September) Great Britain Inflow Outflow 1969 … … … 2,100 880 1970 … … … 1,630 1,200 1971 … … … 1,450 1,480 1972 … … … 1,730 1,190 There are no comparable figures for overseas born doctors who are only temporarily registered but their inflow and outflow is of a similar order.
§ Mr. Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will set out in the Official Report the numbers of registered medical practitioners employed by the NHS on 31st March 1949 and 1973 and the number engaged in hospital work on 31st March 1974 and 31st March 1975.
§ Dr. OwenInformation in the form requested is not available. The following table 1 gives relates to England and Wales.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe four offices in the London borough of Lambeth were in May 1975 making regular payments of supplementary benefit to 19,985 persons. The territory served by those offices does not, however, coincide with the borough, and the number of supplementary benefit recipients resident in the borough is probably somewhat higher.