HC Deb 16 July 1987 vol 119 cc623-4W
Ms. Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of (a) women members, (b) men members, (c) women chairpersons and (d) men chairpersons on each family practitioner committee.

Mrs. Currie

Of the 90 family practitioner committees in England, 26 chairmanships are held by women. The information requested on membership is in the following table, which includes chairmen. Vacancies exist on some committees.

Family practitioner committees membership
Members Chairmen
(a) Women (b) Men
Avon 7 21 W
Barking and Havering 6 24 W
Barnet 10 20 M
Barnsley 9 21 M
Bedfordshire 6 24 W
Berkshire 8 22 M
Birmingham 10 19 M
Bolton 9 18 W
Bradford 5 26 M
Brent and Harrow 10 20 W
Bromley 8 23 M
Buckinghamshire 10 21 W
Bury 5 23 M
Calderdale 4 24 Vacancy
Cambridgeshire 10 20 M
Camden and Islington 11 18 M
Cheshire 6 23 M
City and East London 8 22 M
Cleveland 9 21 M
Cornwall and Isle of Scilly 10 20 M
Coventry 8 23 W
Croydon 13 17 M
Cumbria 9 22 W
Derbyshire 7 24 M
Devon 9 22 W
Doncaster 10 20 M
Dorset 9 21 M
Dudley 7 20 M
Durham 7 23 M
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 10 19 W
East Sussex 8 23 W
Enfield and Haringey 13 18 M

Members Chairmen
(a) Women (b) Men
Essex 9 24 M
Gateshead 8 21 M
Gloucestershire 11 19 M
Greenwich and Bexley 8 21 M
Hampshire 8 25 M
Hereford and Worcester 5 23 W
Hertfordshire 8 22 W
Hillingdon 8 21 M
Humberside 8 23 Vacancy
Isle of Wight 10 20 M
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 12 17 M
Kent 11 20 W
Kingston and Richmond 12 16 M
Kirklees 6 25 M
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 11 17 M
Lancashire 8 27 M
Leeds 6 20 W
Leicestershire 6 24 M
Lincolnshire 7 24 M
Liverpool 7 20 M
Manchester 7 24 M
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 13 18 W
Newcastle 6 20 M
Norfolk 10 20 M
Northamptonshire 9 22 M
North Tyneside 6 19 M
Northumberland 8 22 M
North Yorkshire 5 26 M
Nottinghamshire 8 22 M
Oldham 11 20 M
Oxfordshire 9 22 W
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 9 21 M
Rochdale 11 17 M
Rotherham 7 24 M
St. Helens and Knowsley 7 20 M
Salford 7 17 M
Sandwell 5 25 M
Sefton 6 23 M
Sheffield 7 19 M
Shropshire 8 20 M
Solihull 9 18 W
Somerset 11 18 W
South Tyneside 7 20 M
Staffordshire 6 24 M
Stockport 8 21 M
Suffolk 6 22 W
Sunderland 7 22 M
Surrey 9 25 W
Tameside 5 22 W
Trafford 6 25 M
Wakefield 8 20 M
Walsall 8 19 M
Warwickshire 10 19 W
West Sussex 11 20 W
Wigan 7 22 W
Wiltshire 8 19 W
Wirral 8 20 M
Wolverhampton 9 19 M
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