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Mr. Pavitt
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of doctors who emigrated and the number who returned after emigration in each of the last five years to a convenient date.
Mr. Moyle
Information on the numbers of fully and provisionally registered civilian doctors migrating to and from Great Britain for the latest five years available is given in the table below.
| Year ending 30th September | Doctors born in United Kingdom or Irish Republic | Total stock of fully and provisionally registered civilian doctors in Great Britain | |
| Outflow | Inflow | ||
| 1971 | 860 | 530 | 68,907 |
| 1972 | 810 | 700 | 69,204 |
| 1973 | 1,040 | 670 | 72,177 |
| 1974 | 1,010 | 560 | 73,202 |
| 1975 | 1,040 | 570 | 74,600* |
| * Provisional figure. | |||