HC Deb 31 March 1999 vol 328 c738W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many medical students are currently studying in the United Kingdom; and of these how many are of Afro-Caribbean origin. [79521]

Mr. Mudie

In 1997/98, the last year for which figures are available, there were 41,039 students studying medicine and dentistry in the UK of whom 118 were of Black Caribbean origin.