§ Lord Shore of Stepneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 21 June (H.L. Deb., col. 252) about the number of additional places for medical students in the United Kingdom, how many of the figure of 1,126 students announced in June 1998 are now in medical schools; and when the programme for additional students will be fully implemented. [HL3133]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe announcement of July 1998 indicated that the increase in medical student places in the United Kingdom would be phased up to 2005 to allow the expansion of facilities dedicated to medical education to take place in a planned and orderly manner and to allow the increase to be reviewed over time.
Of the 1,126 places that have been announced in England, 155 became available in autumn 1999, universities plan to make 917 available by autumn 2002 and the rest by autumn 2005.
The information relating to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.