§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report figures showing the numbers of qualified doctors immigrating to and emigrating from the United Kingdom during each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CastleThe table gives available information about the migration of fully or provisionally registered doctors to and from Great Britain.
Britain rose from 1,670 in September 1970 to 3,620 in September 1974.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report figures showing the numbers of doctors graduating from British medical schools in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. Mulley: I have beenasked to reply.
Information is not available for years before 1960–61.
Academic year Number of students obtaining a first registrable medical qualification from a medical school in Great Britain 1960–61 1,844 1961–62 1,776 1962–63 1,844 1963–64 1,731 1964–65 1,805 1965–66 1,939 1966–67 1,933 1967–68 2,105 1968–69 2,126 1969–70 2,114 1970–71 2,190 1971–72 2,343 1972–73 2,289 1973–74 2,543