§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of community pharmacists(a) in post and (b) vacancies, broken down by (i) health authority and (ii) region in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [45641]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 20 March 2002]: Information on the number of community pharmacists in post and vacancies is not held centrally.