HC Deb 12 December 1988 vol 143 c447W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of patients registered with National Health Service general practitioners in Barnet health authority; and what is the population of Barnet health authority.

Mr. Mellor

There were 372,400 names registered with a general medical practitioner in October 1988 with an address in the Barnet family practitioner committee area. The latest available (mid-1987) population estimate for Barnet district health authority, which is coterminous with Barnet FPC, is 305,900.