Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) registered and (b) active GPs obtained their initial qualifications in the UK.

The Department does not collect information on the number of registered and active general practitioners (GPs) that obtained their initial qualifications in the United Kingdom.

The General Medical Council has provided the following information:

77.6% of registered GPs obtained their initial qualification in the UK, this is 52,615 of 67,771; and

78.6% of registered GPs with a licence to practise obtained their initial qualification in the UK, this is 48,043 of 61,096.