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Mr. Sydney Irving
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the number of medical students likely to be admitted to medical schools in each of the next five years.
Mr. Prentice
Present plans provide for over 4,000 pre-clinical entry places in Great Britain by the end of the decade. The following estimates for the intervening years are approximate, and subject to variation:—
| 1975–76 | 3,400 |
| 1976–77 | 3,550 |
| 1977–78 | 3,650 |
| 1978–79 | 3,750 |
Mr. Sydney Irving
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many medical students were admitted to medical schools in each of the last 10 years; and how many qualified in each of these years.
Mr. Prentice
The figures for medical schools in Great Britain are as follows:—
| Intake of pre-clinical students | Students obtaining a first registrable medical qualification | |
| 1964–65 | 2,407 | 1,805 |
| 1965–66 | 2,478 | 1,939 |
| 1966–67 | 2,502 | 1,933 |
| 1967–68 | 2,560 | 2,105 |
| 1968–69 | 2,693 | 2,126 |
| 1969–70 | 2,695 | 2,114 |
| 1970–71 | 2,878 | 2,190 |
| 1971–72 | 3,032 | 2,343 |
| 1972–73 | 3,323 | 2,289 |
| 1973–74 | 3,276 | 2,594 |
| 1974–75* | 3,275 | — |
| * Provisional. | ||