HC Deb 28 March 2001 vol 365 cc669-70W
Mr. Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS registered dentists there were in the St. Ives constituency in(a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001. [155745]

Ms Stuart

This information is not held centrally and has been provided by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority.

The table shows the numbers of dentists employed in the St. Ives and Carbis Bay area of Cornwall:

St. Ives and Carbis Bay
Year Dentists employed
1992 5
1997 5
2001 6

Mr. Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) private and (b) public sector residential nursing homes there were in the St. Ives constituency in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001. [155747]

Mr. Hutton

The table shows the number of private nursing homes for the health authority of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Health Authority at 31 March in each of the years 1992, 1997 and 2000. Information is not available at constituency level and is not yet available for 2001. There are no public sector nursing homes.

Number of private t nursing homes in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Health Authority, 1992, 1997 and 2000—as at 31 March
Year Number
1992 81
1997 82
2000 73

Source

RH(N) Form A 2000, K036 form 1992 and 1997

1987. Mr. Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how n any patients there were per general practitioner in the St. Ives constituency in(a)(b) 1992, (c) 1997 and (d) 2001. [155746]

Ms Stuart

The information requested is in the table.

Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs)1 in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority (HA)2—average list size
UPEs Patients Average list size
1987 264 473,231 1,793
1992 298 481,625 1,616
1997 306 489,202 1,599
20003 312 497,968 1,596
1UPEs include Unrestricted Principals, Personal Medical Services (PMS), contracted General Practitioners (GPs) and PMS salaried GPs.
2Data relate to Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Family Practitioner Committee for 1987, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Family Health Services Authority for 1992 arid Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA for 1997 and 2000. The HA boundaries between 1987 and 1992 may not be coterminous.
3Latest available data. Data for 2000 relate to 30 September; earlier years relate to 1 October.

Mr. Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies for general practitioners there were in the St. Ives constituency in(a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001. [1557421

Ms Stuart

This information is not held centrally and has been provided by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority.

There have been no unfilled vacancies in St. Ives during the past 10 years.