§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students who are aged under 21 years and have less than the equivalent of three grade Cs at A level he expects to be recruited for courses leading to registration with the General Medical Council and subsequent practice as a doctor in(a) the academic year 2004–05 and (b) subsequent years. [168186]
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§ Alan JohnsonThe information is not held centrally. Admission of students to medical, and other, courses is a matter for individual institutions. However, latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that, of those students aged under 21 with A levels entering undergraduate courses in Pre-clinical medicine in 2002/03, only 95 (or 3 per cent.) had A level tariff scores equivalent to less than 3 grade Cs.