Primary Care Trusts

HC Deb 11 March 2003 vol 401 c245W

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of and how many PCG chief executives continued their employment after 31 October 2002 as a chief executive of a PCT. [101946]

Mr. Hutton

Information on the proportion of and how many primary care group chief executives continued their employment after 31 October 2002 as a chief executive of a primary care trust is not available centrally.

Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff are employed within each primary care trust(a) within a general practice covered by that PCT and (b) without a general practice covered by that PCT. [100109]

Mr. Hutton

The information on general practitioners and staff employed in general practices, by current primary care trust (PCT) area at September 2001 has been placed in the Library.

The information shows staff directly employed by every PCT that was in place at September 2001. These include community health staff such as district nurses and health visitors. All PCTs with a nil return were set up after that date.