§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications for new medical cards were received and how many sent out on each day and each week from 1 April to the week ending Saturday 18 May.
§ Mr. ScottThe central services agency does not normally maintain records of this nature. However, during the period from 29 April 1985 to 13 May 1985 inclusive the numbers of applications received and medical cards issued were as follows:
Applications Issues 29 April 1,501 1,231 30 April 3,220 1,769 1 May 5,972 3,137 2 May 5,323 4,330 3 May 5,810 4,136 4 May 2,419 1,325 5 May 414 2,376 6 May 618 5,176 7 May 7,229 2,490 8 May 5,426 3,162 9 May 4,485 3,158 10 May 3,480 5,506 11 May 543 3,572 12 May 34 4,740 13 May 3,143 *3,000 49,617 49,108 *Estimate. These figures cover valid applications for replacement medical cards. In addition, approximately 1,500 applications have been received during the period from new applicants and people who have changed doctor. Of these applications, all those received from applicants of voting age have been processed.