HC Deb 25 May 1978 vol 950 c676W
Mr. Arthur Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many student nurses from overseas in each of the past five years, having qualified in the United Kingdom, were given permission to take employment in the United Kingdom.

Mr. John Grant

The information is as follows:

1977 2,712
1976 2,496
1975 3,900*
1974 3,036
1973 1,620
*Incomplete records are held for 1975 and the figure quoted is an estimate.