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<p>The Medical Training Initiative (MTI), within which the International Surgical
Training Programme (ISTP) operates, enables up to 1,000 international medical and
dental graduates per year to enter the United Kingdom to experience training and development
in the National Health Service for up to two years before returning to their home
country.</p><p> </p><p>Applicants are prioritised if they are from countries on the
Department for International Development approved priority list and Lower Income and
Lower Middle Income priority countries.</p><p> </p><p>The information is not held
by the Department in the format requested. However, the following table shows the
total number of successful applicants from the Occupied Palestinian Territories to
the MTI between April 2017 and December 2018 by headcount.</p><p> </p><p>Total number
of successful applicants from the Occupied Palestinian Territories to the MTI between
April 2017 and December 2018 headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p>Total
number of successful applicants from the Occupied Palestinian Territories to the MTI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2017 to March in 2018</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018
to December 2018</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges internal management information</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><em>“-“
</em>indicates a number between one and ten that has been suppressed for confidentiality
reasons</p><p> </p><p>The Department has regular discussions with both the National
Health Service and higher education institutions on a range of policy initiatives.
The ISTP is run by the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Academy of Medical Royal
Colleges has oversight in its role as the organising body behind the MTI, of which
the ISTP forms part. As such, any decision allocation of places on the ISTP will necessarily
be developed by the institution(s) running the programme in the first instance.</p><p>
</p><p>Information on the number of people from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
and Gaza that have travelled to the UK to take part in the ISTP since the start of
2018 is not held centrally.</p>
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