HC Deb 20 February 1992 vol 204 c242W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the average number of NHS general practitioner consultations in Wales per person, per year from 1977 to 1991 according to each age category.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

Information is readily available only for the years shown in the table.:

National Health Service general practitioner consultations per person per year by age group1
0 to 15 16 to 64 65 or over all ages
1978 7 4 6 5
1980 4 5 7 5
1982 4 4 11 5
1983 3 4 7 4
1985 5 4 7 5
1986 4 4 8 5
1987 7 4 6 4
1988 5 4 5 5
1989 6 6 7 7
1990 6 4 5 5
1 Estimated from responses by households sampled in the General Household Survey.