HC Deb 11 March 2003 vol 401 c238W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the latest average waiting time is for a GP appointment in Great London; and what the average waiting time for a GP appointment was in May 1997. [101252]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 6 March 2003]: The information requested is not collected or held centrally by the Department.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GP practices in Greater London have closed their books to new registrations; and what percentage of GP practices in Greater London these represent. [101317]

Mr. Hutton

The information on closed lists is not held centrally.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GP vacancies there are in Greater London; and how many there were in May 1997. [101307]

Mr. Hutton

The latest available information held centrally on general practitioner vacancies in London is for the 12 month period ending 28 February 2002. 280 unprincipled equivalent GP vacancies were reported in this period by health authorities within the Directorate of Health and Social Care London area.

We did not carry out a GP vacancy survey prior to 2000.