§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 5 January 2004,Official Report, columns 203–04W, on patients forums, how many applications were made for membership of each patients forum; and how many members each has. [147951]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation on applications received for each patients forum is not available because some applicants expressed multiple preferences or no preference for a particular forum. The total number of applicants at 9 January, the latest figures, was 5,776. At the same date, 549 of the 572 forums had seven or more volunteers.