§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average number of National Health Service patients on general practitioners' lists in each county in England at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MoyleThe table below gives the average number of patients on the list of doctors providing the full range of general medical services, at 1st October 1977:
AREA AND NUMBER OF PATIENTS Avon 2,332 Bedfordshire 2,595 Berkshire 2,358 Buckinghamshire 2,336 Cambridgeshire 2,312 Cheshire 2,358 Cleveland 2,614 Cornwall 2,075 Cumbria 2,128 Derbyshire 2,434 Devon 2,099 Dorset 2,090 Durham 2,510 Easet Sussex 2,158 Essex 2,452 Gloucestershire 2,137 Hampshire 2,279 Hereford and Worcester 2,231 Hertfordshire 2,337 Humberside 2,440 Isle of Wight 2,240 Kent 2,342 Lancashire 2,464 Leicestershire 2,332 Lincolnshire 2,148 Norfolk 2,171 North Yorkshire 2,092 Northamptonshire 2,556 Northumberland 2,149 Nottinghamshire 2,525 Oxfordshire 2,245 Salop 2,319 Somerset 2,130 Staffordshire 2,502 Suffolk 2,309 Surrey 2,265 Warwickshire 2,366 West Sussex 2,323 Wiltshire 2,282 Greater Manchester 2,392 Merseyside 2,425 South Yorkshire 2,552 Tyne and Wear 2,440 West Midlands 2,410 West Yorkshire 2,391 Greater London 2,242