§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Preston, South on 10 February, he will seek to collect information on the numbers of general practitioners seeking retirement for superannuation purposes over the age of 60 years who have health authority family practitioner committee.
§ Dr. VaughanNo. Collecting this information would add to administrative costs without producing anything of significant operational value. We believe there are few, if any, such practitioners.