HC Deb 02 December 2002 vol 395 c619W
Dr. Evan Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of doctors suspended for over six months are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities; and if he will make a statement. [82991]

Mr. Hutton

As of 30 September 2002, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 38 hospital and community medical and hospital dental staff suspended for more than six months. Of these, 10 were women. We do not collect information by ethnic group.