§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many student doctors were admitted to British universities in each of the past five years; and how many received no financial support from the Exchequer.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe numbers of new entrant undergraduates in medicine and dentistry to universities in Great Britain for the years 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 were 5,680, 5,700, 5,720 and 5,620, respectively. Information published by the Universities Central Council on Admissions shows that 4,980 undergraduates were admitted to medicine and dentistry courses at universities in the United Kingdom in 1981–82, but this figure is not quite comparable with those given in the earlier years.
Information regarding financial support of new entrants is not readily available. However, amongst all undergraduates in medicine and dentistry, the percentages not supported from public funds for the years 1977 to 1980, inclusive, were 15, 11, 10 and 9.