To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect of recent changes to Tier One immigration rules for highly skilled migrants on numbers of applications to postgraduate medical training posts; and if he will make a statement. (277380)

International medical graduates play an important and valued part in the United Kingdom’s national health service. The Department and UK Border Agency are working together to ensure that the needs of the NHS are taken into account when any changes are made to immigration law and are developing transitional measures for international medical graduates who have trained in UK medical schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effects of recent changes to Tiers One and Two of the immigration rules on medical workforce planning; and if he will make a statement. (277381)

International medical graduates play an important and valued part in the United Kingdom’s national health service. The Department and UK Border Agency work together to ensure that the needs of the NHS are taken into account when any changes are made to the immigration rule.