§ Dr. Winstanleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the average number of patients on the lists of general medical practitioners in each executive council area during each year since the inception of the National Health Service.
§ Mr. CrossmanInformation in this form has been published in the Annual Reports of the Ministry of Health from 1963 onwards. Figures for earlier years have not been calculated and a considerable expenditure of time and effort would be needed to produce the rest of the information requested. If the hon. Member has an especial need for information about one or two areas and will write to me about this, I shall do my best to help him.