§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the results of the General Practitioner Recruitment, Retention and Vacancy Survey for 2002 will be published. [82737]
§ Mr. HuttonThe results of the General Practitioner Recruitment, Retention and Vacancy Survey 2002 were published on 19 November 2002.
§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the age distribution of general practitioners at retirement was in each of the past five years. [82738]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is not collected centrally. The number of medical general practitioners, in England and Wales who have received a retirement pension before or after age 60 for each of the financial years 1998 to 2002 is shown in the table.
Financial year Before age 60 After age 60 Total 1998 246 406 652 1999 226 381 607 2000 191 279 470 2001 298 473 771 2002 313 439 752