asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the proportion of medically qualified staff in the pre-clinical departments of medical schools in universities how this proportion compares with previous years; and what has been the equivalent proportion of newer staff recruited into those departments over the last 12 months.

In December 1973, 37 per cent. of teaching staff in pre-clinical departments of medical schools in universities in the United Kingdom were medically qualified. I regret that the other information requested is not available.