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Work Permits: Health Professions

Volume 465: debated on Wednesday 24 October 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2007, Official Report, column 1940W, on work permits: health professions, how many work permits were issued to (a) doctors and (b) nurses from Zimbabwe in each year since 1997. (157703)

The following table shows the number of work permit applications which were issued to Zimbabwean doctors and nurses during the period 1999 to 2006. Data for 1997 and 1998 are not available. There have been no approvals for auxiliary nurses during this period.

The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

Occupation

Zimbabwe

1999

Doctor

1

Nurse

275

Total

275

2000

Doctor

2

Nurse

1,165

Total

1,165

2001

Doctor

5

Nurse

1,915

Total

1,925

2002

Doctor

15

Nurse

2,700

Total

2,715

2003

Doctor

20

Nurse

2,730

Total

2,755

2004

Doctor

30

Nurse

2,980

Total

3,010

2005

Doctor

25

Nurse

2,330

Total

2,355

2006

Doctor

20

Nurse

1,610

Total

1,630

Total

15,825

1 Indicates nil.

2 Indicates one or two.

Notes:

1. Figures are rounded to nearest five.

2. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued to doctors and nurses from Africa by the Government in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999. (159566)

In 1999, there were 65 work permit approvals for doctors and 1,155 approvals for nurses from Africa. (Figures are rounded to the nearest 5).

Data for 1997 or 1998 are not available.

The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.