§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1979 the total number of appointments of junior hospital doctors from the Commonwealth.
§ Mr. HayhoeI regret that the information is not available in the form requested. The number of junior doctors in post (not appointments) born outside the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland is given in the table.
Hospital junior doctors born outside the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland in post at 30 September each year
England
All junior doctors 1979 8,461 1980 8,342 1981 8,230 1982 7,950 1983 7,539 1984 7,184 1985 7,059