Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department’s discussion document of 8 October 2007, Modernising Medical Careers, whether it remains the case that 80 per cent. of international medical graduates leave within four years of entering the NHS. [96614]

Simon Burns MP; Minister of State: The data on the number of international medical graduates that leave the national health service within four years of entering the NHS is not available.

The information came from a one-off collection specifically for the Modernising Medical Careers consultation on proposals for managing applications from medical graduates from outside the European economic area.