HC Deb 24 November 1987 vol 123 c172W
88. Mrs. Gillian Shephard

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many general medical and dental practitioners were working in the East Anglia region in 1986 compared with 1978.

Mrs. Currie

The number of general medical practitioners (unrestricted principals) in the East Anglian region in 1986 was 1,021 compared with 830 in 1978. The corresponding numbers for general dental practitioners were 537 and 411.

Sir David Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was spent by his Department, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, on post-graduate training for dental practitioners.

Mrs. Currie

Expenditure on courses and associated travel and subsistence expenses for general dental practitioners was £244,000, £243,000 and £254,000 in 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 respectively.

Sir David Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was spent by his Department, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, on post-graduate training for general medical practitioners.

Mrs. Currie

Expenditure on courses and associated travel and subsistence expenses for general medical practitioners was £1.9 million, £1.8 million and £21 million in 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 respectively.