To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which 20 non-EU nationalities received the most work permits for (a) doctors and (b) nurses in 2007. (206258)

The following table shows the 20 nationalities outside the EU, by volume, with the highest number of approved work permit applications from nurses and doctors in the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007. Figures are rounded to nearest five.

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.