HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 cc437-8W
32. Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is her projection of the number of(a) medical, (b) dental, (c) nursing and (d) veterinary students who will graduate in each of the next five academic years. [37303]

Mr. Forth

The Department has not published projections in precisely this form. The most recent projections were published in the Department's annual report in 1994 and covered the period to 1996–97. They showed, in figures rounded to the nearest thousand, a projection of 4,000 graduates in medicine and dentistry, combined, and 2,000 graduates in veterinary, agriculture and related subjects, combined in Britain for each year. Projections of the number of nurses who will graduate are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health.

Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement about employment rates for new graduates. [39686]

Mr. Forth

I will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested and place a copy of my reply in the Library.