§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) men and (b) women are training to become medical doctors at medical schools in the Greater London area. [4882]
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§ Margaret HodgeThe information requested is shown in the following table.
Students1 on first degree medical courses2 in Greater London 2000–01 Number Men 3,210 Women 3,286 Total 6,496 1 Includes all home domiciled and overseas students studying at higher education institutions in Greater London. 2 Includes pre-clinical and clinical medicine. Graduate entrants to medical schools apply to study under the standard undergraduate route, joining in year 3 of the 6 year course. They are therefore included in these figures.