Written question asked by Lord Smith of Finsbury (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 March 1997. It was answered by Eric Forth (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 March 1997 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: If she will list the total number of entrants to medical school in each of the last five years indicating the number of graduates. - Inc table and figs.

Answer: Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the total number of entrants to medical school in each of the last five years, indicating the number of graduates. [18602] Mr. Forth: The information available is as follows: Number of full-time home-domiciled {1} entrants to first degree medicine/dentistry courses _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total number of entrants Graduate entrants{3} Non-graduate entrants{3} Qualification not known{3} 1991-92 4,733 -- -- -- 1992-93 4,883 -- -- -- 1993-94 4,957 -- -- -- 1994- 95{2} 5,924 253 4,701 970 1995- 96{2} 6,496 362 4,854 1,280 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Based on students who were in their first year of study. {2} Figures collected on a new basis and not directly comparable with earlier years' figures. {3} Figures prior to 1994-95 cannot be split between graduate and non-graduate entrants. In addition, there were 474 full-time overseas entrants to first degree medicine and dentistry courses in the UK in 1994-95, of whom 18 were known graduates, and 634 in 1995-96, of whom 47 were known graduates.

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