§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by region the ratio of patients to general practitioners in the United Kingdom.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe information requested is given in the table which relates to the average list sizes in England at 1 April 1991, the latest date for which figures 749W are available. The information relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
Region Average list size Northern 1,916 Yorkshire 1,894 Trent 1,985 East Anglia 1,820 North West Thames 2,036 North East Thames 2,015 South East Thames 1,977 South West Thames 1,991 Wessex 1,824 Oxford 1,887 South Western 1,763 West Midlands 1,969 Mersey 1,992 North Western 1,778