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GPs

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how may GPs are working in the NHS, broken down by age group in (a) England and (b) each health authority. [64327]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table. 'All practitioners' include general medical services unrestricted principals, personal medical services (PMS) contracted general practitioners (GPs), PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, GP registrars, salaried doctors (para. 52 statement of fees and allowances), PMS other and GP retainers.

All practitioners⁽²⁵⁾ in England by age and health authority as at 30 September 2001

Region name/HA name	HA code	Total	Under	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49
Northern and Yorkshire
Bradford HA	QDD	354	26	49	55	68	56
Calderdale and Kirklees HA	QDT	344	17	32	66	72	57
County Durham Health Commission	QDE	377	13	41	83	66	77
East Riding HA	QDF	334	9	31	60	68	55
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	QDG	219	8	24	48	43	34
Leeds Healthcare	QDH	493	29	49	102	112	72
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	QDJ	308	14	27	72	70	63
North Cumbria HA	QDK	235	5	23	47	66	37
North Yorkshire HA	QDR	561	31	72	109	132	97
Northumberland HA	QDM	231	26	28	37	45	33
Sunderland HA	QDN	166	13	17	19	25	29
Tees HA	QDP	327	11	41	56	61	60
Wakefield Health Care	QDP	215	14	26	48	42	27
Trent
Barnsley HA	QCG	130	6	14	21	19	20
Doncaster HA	QCK	164	6	15	17	32	29
Leicestershire HA	QCL	571	20	79	93	124	101
Lincolnshire HA	QCM	387	17	42	68	94	81
North Derbyshire HA	QCH	234	17	28	46	51	35
North Nottinghamshire HA	QCN	221	10	27	33	41	34
Nottingham HA	QCP	403	27	48	76	76	75
Rotherham HA	QCQ	134	9	13	20	33	19
Sheffield HA	QCR	388	28	47	69	83	64
South Humber HA	QDL	185	1	10	27	41	30
Southern Derbyshire HA	QCJ	347	22	49	73	61	63
Eastern
Bedfordshire HA	QA6	323	10	25	61	53	59
Cambridgeshire HA	QER	485	16	64	86	103	91
Hertfordshire HA	QEX	682	36	99	124	154	106
Norfolk HA	QET	524	10	45	104	116	93
North Essex HA	QAX	513	11	42	83	111	113
South Essex HA	QAY	351	4	16	48	60	60
Suffolk HA	QCF	440	13	42	73	112	79
London
Barking and Havering HA	QAP	202	3	13	27	16	26
Barnet Enfield and Haringey HA	QEW	541	22	40	66	83	79
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich HA	QEY	413	17	34	58	73	72
Brent and Harrow HA	QAR	331	13	36	34	38	46
Camden and Islington HA	QAT	278	13	44	52	45	35
Croydon HA	QAD	180	10	16	19	29	34
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA	QAV	448	14	64	68	55	55
East London and the City HA	QAW	447	11	48	66	70	49
Hillingdon HA	QA2	149	8	16	22	18	24
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA	QA3	265	8	42	41	47	36
Kingston and Richmond HA	QAG	242	21	45	36	47	32
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	QAH	516	14	61	90	92	79
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA	QAJ	405	16	65	66	71	57
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA	QA5	259	8	22	26	37	31
South Eastern
Berkshire HA	QA7	503	18	59	76	99	93
Buckinghamshire HA	QA8	452	15	57	91	80	78
East Kent HA	QAE	352	10	25	58	71	75
East Surrey HA	QAK	281	17	51	42	56	44
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA	QAM	476	16	47	104	95	77
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA	QEV	430	14	47	73	81	99
North and Mid Hampshire HA	QD1	358	16	46	67	81	50
Northamptonshire HA	QCC	342	16	37	72	82	45
Oxfordshire HA	QCE	440	14	58	90	96	65
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA	QD3	386	16	51	66	81	61
West Kent HA	QAF	592	23	48	89	109	101
West Surrey HA	QAL	409	21	45	80	81	65
West Sussex HA	QAN	497	24	63	108	97	89
South Western
Avon HA	QD8	740	26	102	140	180	118
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA	QDV	375	14	44	59	94	62
Dorset HA	QDW	534	19	72	116	117	91
Gloucestershire HA	QDY	420	19	42	82	89	89
North and East Devon HA	QDX	399	20	49	70	93	71
Somerset HA	QD5	375	15	36	71	87	69
South and West Devon HA	QD6	437	13	48	94	102	77
Wiltshire HA	QD7	400	13	49	83	82	68
West Midlands
Birmingham HA	QD9	665	28	75	111	109	88
Coventry HA	QEA	185	6	12	21	32	43
Dudley HA	QEC	179	12	7	30	37	23
Herefordshire HA	QED	137	8	19	29	28	16
North Staffordshire HA	QEH	256	4	23	37	44	36
Sandwell HA	QEE	174	12	11	22	13	20
Shropshire HA	QEF	274	9	24	53	67	55
Solihull HA	QEG	128	6	19	25	28	18
South Staffordshire HA	QEJ	323	11	30	57	69	47
Walsall HA	QEK	135	2	10	11	15	14
Warwickshire HA	QEL	316	12	41	71	60	44
Wolverhampton HA	QEM	141	2	13	25	24	23
Worcestershire HA	QEN	350	15	38	70	70	63
North West
Bury and Rochdale HA	QCT	234	7	27	41	47	44
East Lancashire HA	QCX	302	10	33	40	50	52
Liverpool HA	QC2	291	14	39	48	36	54
Manchester Health	QC3	312	14	56	39	50	49
Morecambe Bay HA	QC4	215	10	21	46	45	29
North Cheshire HA	QCV	179	9	20	33	41	27
North West Lancashire HA	QCY	268	9	25	50	58	39
Salford and Trafford HA	QC6	253	11	25	39	48	40
Sefton HA	QC7	173	8	18	36	43	26
South Cheshire HA	QCW	479	29	76	101	95	75
South Lancashire HA	QC1	180	8	16	37	28	28
St. Helen's and Knowsley HA	QC5	202	6	15	37	37	27
Stockport Health	QC8	199	16	27	33	45	26
West Pennine HA	QC9	236	5	26	44	33	42
Wigan and Bolton HA	QDA	308	16	28	36	52	51
Wirral HA	QDC	221	11	27	43	43	31
England total		31,835	1,325	3,578	5,591	6,254	5,221

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Region name/HA name	HA code	50–54	55–59	60–64	65–69	70 and over
Northern and Yorkshire
Bradford HA	QDD	46	33	15	6	0
Calderdale and Kirklees HA	QDT	33	38	25	3	1
County Durham Health Commission	QDE	46	35	14	2	0
East Riding HA	QDF	48	37	19	7	0
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	QDG	35	15	8	4	0
Leeds Healthcare	QDH	61	34	22	11	1
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	QDJ	33	20	8	1	0
North Cumbria HA	QDK	32	22	3	0	0
North Yorkshire HA	QDR	75	38	4	3	0
Northumberland HA	QDM	26	31	5	0	0
Sunderland HA	QDN	21	26	10	6	0
Tees HA	QDP	51	28	16	3	0
Wakefield Health Care	QDQ	33	14	8	3	0
Trent
Barnsley HA	QCG	20	16	10	4	0
Doncaster HA	QCK	27	28	5	5	0
Leicestershire HA	QCL	73	57	19	5	0
Lincolnshire HA	QCM	50	19	12	3	1
North Derbyshire HA	QCH	30	17	9	1	0
North Nottinghamshire HA	QCN	32	25	15	3	1
Nottingham HA	QCP	43	40	14	3	1
Rotherham HA	QCQ	16	12	10	2	0
Sheffield HA	QCR	47	32	11	6	1
South Humber HA	QDL	22	36	13	5	0
Southern Derbyshire HA	QCJ	40	24	14	1	0
Eastern
Bedfordshire HA	QA6	60	32	16	4	3
Cambridgeshire HA	QER	66	42	13	4	0
Hertfordshire HA	QEX	99	43	15	5	1
Norfolk HA	QET	89	58	8	1	0
North Essex HA	QAX	75	64	10	4	0
South Essex HA	QAY	61	60	27	15	0
Suffolk HA	QCF	65	47	9	0	0
London
Barking and Havering HA	QAP	41	37	28	11	0
Barnet Enfield and Haringey HA	QEW	97	85	38	26	5
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich HA	QEY	60	49	35	9	6
Brent and Harrow HA	QAR	61	59	32	11	1
Camden and Islington HA	QAT	37	23	20	9	0
Croydon HA	QAD	29	17	16	8	2
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA	QAV	71	64	32	22	3
East London and the City HA	QAW	92	40	37	31	3
Hillingon HA	QA2	17	29	11	4	0
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA	QA3	38	21	18	13	1
Kingston and Richmond HA	QAG	33	18	8	2	0
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	QAH	78	50	47	12	3
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA	QAJ	46	50	20	10	4
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA	QA5	59	41	16	15	4
South Eastern
Berkshire HA	QA7	80	49	20	7	2
Buckinghamshire HA	QA8	78	37	14	2	0
East Kent HA	QAE	60	41	11	1	0
East Surrey HA	QAK	33	27	8	2	1
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA	QAM	61	49	21	4	2
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA	QEV	57	45	12	2	0
North and Mid Hampshire HA	QD1	60	33	5	0	0
Northamptonshire HA	QCC	44	34	10	2	0
Oxfordshire HA	QCE	67	44	6	1	0
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA	QD3	55	45	10	1	0
West Kent HA	QAF	102	67	40	13	0
West Surrey HA	QAL	70	28	17	2	0
West Sussex HA	QAN	65	33	17	1	0
South Western
Avon HA	QD8	104	59	8	3	0
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA	QDV	56	41	3	2	0
Dorset HA	QDW	81	31	6	1	0
Gloucestershire HA	QDY	55	37	6	1	0
North and East Devon HA	QDX	54	37	5	0	0
Somerset HA	QD5	53	28	14	2	0
South and West Devon HA	QD6	52	35	15	1	0
Wiltshire HA	QD7	65	32	8	0	0
West Midlands
Birmingham HA	QD9	101	76	58	18	1
Coventry HA	QEA	26	25	15	6	0
Dudley HA	QEC	31	23	14	2	0
Herefordshire HA	QED	21	14	1	1	0
North Staffordshire HA	QEH	42	35	24	9	2
Sandwell HA	QEE	43	30	18	5	0
Shropshire HA	QEF	35	22	7	2	0
Solihull HA	QEG	11	13	6	2	0
South Staffordshire HA	QEJ	57	36	9	7	0
Walsall HA	QEK	32	25	20	6	0
Warwickshire HA	QEL	39	34	10	5	0
Wolverhampton HA	QEM	25	13	11	3	2
Worcestershire HA	QEN	55	30	8	0	1
North West
Bury and Rochdale HA	QCT	29	18	16	6	0
East Lancashire	QCX	47	34	26	10	0
Liverpool HA	QC2	39	44	10	5	2
Manchester Health	QC3	49	34	16	4	1
Morecambe Bay HA	QC4	38	21	3	2	0
North Cheshire HA	QCV	20	19	8	2	0
North West Lancashire HA	QCY	41	28	14	4	0
Salford and Trafford HA	QC6	34	33	15	5	3
Sefton HA	QC7	15	12	13	2	0
South Cheshire HA	QCW	56	36	10	1	0
South Lancashire HA	QC1	29	26	6	2	0
St. Helen's and Knowsley HA	QC5	33	26	14	6	1
Stockport Health	QC8	24	18	8	2	0
West Pennine HA	QC9	42	26	11	7	0
Wigan and Bolton HA	QDA	63	33	20	9	0
Wirral HA	QDC	37	22	4	3	0
England total		4,680	3,244	1,396	486	60

⁽²⁵⁾ All practitioners include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (Para. 52 SFA), PMA Other and GP Retainers.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.

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