§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many general practitioners were at 1 October 1987 and 1988 in contract with health boards to provide contraceptive services to their patients.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe number of general practitioners in contract with health boards to provide contraceptive services to their patients was 3,273 on 1 October 1987 and 3,328 on 1 October 1988.
§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients were registered with general practitioners for National Health Service contraception services for 1987 and 1988 in Scotland.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe number of women registered with general practitioners for National Health Service contraception services was 272,598 for 1987 and 276,232 for 1988.
§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of family planning clinics and family planning clinic sessions in each health board in Scotland for the years 1987 and 1988.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is as follows: 335W
Premises in which family planning clinics are held Family planning clinic sessions held 1987 1988 1987 1988 Tayside 20 19 1,589 1,518 Islands3 2 2 64 62 1 Includes all clinic services provided including hospital, and including any provided on an agency basis. Excludes any non-clinic services which might be given to hospital in-patients or day patients. 2Excludes data from 1 December 1987 for Fife health board; this information is not available. 3Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles health boards.