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Mr. George Rodgers
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the anticipated level of recruitment of students of medicine in the next four years; what are the figures for the previous four years; and if the programme has been influenced by the proposed restrictions in public spending.
Mr. Oakes
I have been asked to reply.The target for admissions to medical schools in Great Britain is about 4,000 a year by 1980. This may be slightly delayed because of slippage in building programmes as the following figures show:
| Year | Admissions | ||||
| Actual | |||||
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 3,276 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 3,281 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | … | 3.459 |
| Estimated | |||||
| 1976 | … | … | … | … | 3 686 |
| 1977 | … | … | … | … | 3,723 |
| 1978 | … | … | … | … | 3,747 |
| 1979 | … | … | … | … | 3,921 |
| 1980 | … | … | … | … | 3,945 |