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<p>The Department does not hold the information. This information is held by the General
Medical Council and they have provided the information below for the purposes of answering
this question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number
of doctors joining the register for the first time, from 2009 to 2013, by the region
of their primary medical qualification and first registration year.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>No. of Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEA</p></td><td><p>2,368</p></td><td><p>2,973</p></td><td><p>2,726</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td><p>3,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td><p>2,579</p></td><td><p>2,959</p></td><td><p>2,437</p></td><td><p>2,222</p></td><td><p>2,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>6,876</p></td><td><p>7,010</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>7,083</p></td><td><p>7,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand
Total</p></td><td><p>11,823</p></td><td><p>12,942</p></td><td><p>12,275</p></td><td><p>12,204</p></td><td><p>12,892</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors on the register at
the end of each year by the region of their primary medical qualification. The number
of registered doctors who hold a licence at the end of each year is also provided.
A licence in necessary to work as a doctor in the UK, but holding one does not guarantee
that a doctor is working.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No.
of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of
Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors
Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>21,177</p></td><td><p>19,495</p></td><td><p>64,685</p></td><td><p>59,857</p></td><td><p>145,498</p></td><td><p>139,161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>22,757</p></td><td><p>21,174</p></td><td><p>66,001</p></td><td><p>61,422</p></td><td><p>150,465</p></td><td><p>144,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24,032</p></td><td><p>22,398</p></td><td><p>66,574</p></td><td><p>61,892</p></td><td><p>155,258</p></td><td><p>148,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>25,529</p></td><td><p>23,305</p></td><td><p>67,092</p></td><td><p>61,297</p></td><td><p>159,890</p></td><td><p>151,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>27,114</p></td><td><p>23,931</p></td><td><p>67,821</p></td><td><p>59,893</p></td><td><p>164,688</p></td><td><p>154,397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>
</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Doctors will leave and re-join the register over the course
of a year so the difference between each year end total will never be equal to the
number of first time registrants in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. These
tables exclude doctors who were registered with a status of “Temporary full registration
for special purpose registrations”, which allows doctors to be registered for a temporary
period in order to treat non-UK nationals within the UK. For example, we had a significant
number of doctors who were registered temporarily in 2012 to accompany their national
team to the Olympic or Paralympic games. The tables also exclude “Temporary full registration
for visiting eminent specialists”. These registrations are for doctors visiting the
UK for a temporary period to provide specialist knowledge and skills in a particular
branch of medicine and cannot exceed 26 weeks in a 5 year period.</p><p> </p>
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