HC Deb 16 May 1996 vol 277 cc538-9W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner practices there were in each region in 1995–96; and what each figure was as a proportion of the total. [29572]

Mr. Malone

The information is shown in the table.

Number of general practitioner practices in England at 1 April 1995
NHS executive regional office Number of practices Percentage of total practices
Northern and Yorkshire 1,188 13.1
Trent 842 9.3
Anglia and Oxford 780 8.6
North Thames 1,611 17.8
South Thames 1,277 14.1
South and West 1,001 11.0
West Midlands 1,056 11.7
North West 1,308 14.4
England 9,063 100.0