§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior doctors are employed(a) by the West Midlands health authority and (b) in the Coventry area; and what were the figures for 1991–92 and 1992–93.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThere were 2,029 whole-time equivalent registrars, senior house officers and house officers employed in the west midlands region in 1991 and 2,056 in 1992. In 1991, 142—estimated—were employed in the Coventry area; in 1992 the figure had risen to 166.
There were 272 whole-time equivalent senior registrars in the west midlands region in 1991 and 277 in 1992. The number working in the Coventry area is not available.
665WFigures for 1993 are not yet available.