§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many doctors have been registered as unemployed for each month for the last two years; and what records are kept of medical unemployment.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1980, c. 380]: I regret that the information is not available in the form requested. However, the number of unemployed people registered with local offices of the MSC for employment as medical practitioners is known from quarterly occupational analyses.
The figures for Great Britain for the last 2 years are as follows: 252W
1978 March … … … … 309 June … … … … 314 September … … … … 387 December … … … … 395 1979 March … … … … 381 June … … … … 351 September … … … … 419 December … … … … 406 1980 March … … … … 388 These figures do not include the number of unemployed doctors who are registered for employment in other occupations.