HC Deb 17 December 1980 vol 996 c198W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of qualified doctors worked exclusively on the private sector in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.

Dr. Vaughan

Statistics are currently available for 1976 only: in that year, less than 1 per cent. of the 98,000 qualified doctors in Great Britain were working exclusively in the private sector. Details relating to the nature and extent of this activity are not collected centrally.