HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 cc153-4W
Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of changes in general practitioner registrar numbers and funding in London since 1997; [175262]

(2) how many doctors have entered the general practitioner vocational training scheme in the last three years. [175690]

Mr. Hutton

Information on numbers of general practitioner registrars is shown in the table.

extend the availability of these products to adult haemophilia patients. The Government's aim is that by March 2006 the vast majority of haemophilia patients will be receiving synthetic clotting factors.

David Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when haemophiliacs who contracted hepatitis C through contaminated blood will receive the ex gratia payment offers from the Department of Health that he has announced. [174643]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk, East (Mr Connarty) on 4 May 2004,Official Report, column 1464W.