HC Deb 13 December 1989 vol 163 c672W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each year since 1980 the total number of doctors employed .by the National Health Service and express this as a percentage of the 1980 figure.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is given in the following table:

Year Total Percentage of 1980
1980 9,923 100.0
1981 10,167 102.5
1982 10,229 103.1
1983 10,410 104.9
1984 10,499 105.8
1985 10,509 105.9
1986 10,480 105.6
1987 10,476 105.6
1988 10,833 109.2