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 other EU countries.

The Department does not collect information on the number of registered and active General Practitioners (GPs) that obtained their initial qualifications in other European Union countries.

The General Medical Council has provided the following information:

6.08% of registered GPs in the United Kingdom obtained their initial qualification in other EU countries within the European Economic Area (EEA), this is 4,120 of 67,771; and

5.36% of registered GPs with a licence to practise obtained their initial qualification in other EU countries within the EEA, this is 3,272 of 61,096.