§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will supply figures for the number of pharmacies in each family practitioner committee area in England and Wales for each year since 1978 to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information for England is as follows. The information relating to Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Family practitioner committee 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Durham 111 110 109 107 108 108 106 108 108 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 161 164 167 171 181 183 186 194 197 East Sussex 154 149 150 149 153 153 157 157 158 Enfield and Haringey 100 99 99 103 107 106 110 113 118 Essex 219 223 228 232 241 244 250 264 280 Gateshead 43 41 44 43 40 40 42 44 46 Gloucestershire 78 78 78 79 81 82 82 84 87 Greenwich and Bexley 86 86 89 89 90 93 93 96 103 Hampshire 247 241 238 246 252 257 261 263 273 Hereford and Worcester 85 86 83 85 84 86 87 94 100 Hertfordshire 174 175 175 184 188 196 205 211 221 Hillingdon 57 55 62 60 62 62 64 65 65 Humberside 150 148 147 148 147 149 148 148 153 Isle of Wight 32 31 31 31 32 31 32 32 30 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 181 185 179 179 181 196 199 209 204 Kent 250 253 251 251 252 252 250 253 264 Kingston and Richmond 71 73 74 74 76 76 76 79 81 Kirklees 64 62 61 63 61 63 64 65 68 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 156 160 162 168 174 176 184 188 201 Lancashire 304 300 296 295 293 293 289 301 304 Leeds 166 163 158 159 157 158 158 161 169 Leicestershire 150 149 151 155 159 165 174 186 188 Lincolnshire 71 70 72 72 73 73 72 73 73 Liverpool 135 129 130 127 129 132 132 133 133 Manchester 107 104 103 102 101 101 104 113 114 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 133 133 135 143 149 155 155 159 158 Newcastle upon Tyne 63 64 65 64 64 67 68 68 68 Norfolk 92 92 94 97 96 97 98 98 102 Northamptonshire 68 70 71 74 76 79 80 85 93 North Tyneside 47 46 46 46 44 44 43 43 43 Northumberland 60 60 60 59 59 57 58 59 65 North Yorkshire 118 115 114 113 114 113 114 115 114 Nottinghamshire 148 149 149 153 163 166 169 173 179 Oldham 38 39 37 36 34 35 39 40 40 Oxfordshire 69 71 72 72 73 74 77 82 78 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 88 88 88 91 99 102 108 114 119 Rochdale 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 Rotherham 38 38 36 34 33 33 33 34 34 St. Helens and Knowsley 63 62 62 63 61 60 60 61 66 Salford 52 52 52 50 48 49 50 52 51 Salop 58 58 58 59 60 62 61 64 65 Sandwell 60 60 57 58 59 60 65 68 74 Sefton 59 57 55 57 57 57 57 57 56 Sheffield 101 100 101 99 98 97 97 102 105 Solihull 28 29 29 29 28 30 30 33 36 Somerset 71 69 68 67 70 71 71 73 77 South Tyneside 33 31 31 32 32 32 31 31 32 Staffordshire 149 147 148 149 151 152 155 160 166 Stockport 69 69 67 66 66 65 65 65 67 Suffolk 81 81 80 79 81 81 82 84 85 Sunderland 57 57 46 56 57 55 54 55 56 Surrey 191 191 190 194 198 203 210 211 216 Tameside 39 38 36 37 38 38 39 39 42 Trafford 49 49 46 47 47 47 47 47 53 Wakefield 45 43 41 41 41 43 46 50 50 Walsall 45 47 47 47 50 52 52 58 58 Warwickshire 62 63 62 64 64 66 67 74 78 West Sussex 125 124 123 124 125 126 128 128 131 Wigan 60 59 59 59 59 58 59 60 63 Wiltshire 71 72 72 72 72 73 75 75 76 Wirral 89 88 89 87 87 87 85 89 90 Wolverhampton 43 43 44 46 45 48 47 53 59
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the number of pharmacies for 100,000 population in England and Wales for each year since 1978 for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is as follows:
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Number of pharmacies per 100,000 population Year Number 1978 19.09 1979 19.00
Year Number 1980 18.92 1981 19.09 1982 19.34 1983 19.58 1984 19.84 1985 20.38 1986 20.89