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92842

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average retirement age is of (a) male and (b) female GPs employed by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average Pension Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>60.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>60.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Not</em>e<em>:</em> Data from the Government Actuaries Department on the average retirement age of general practitioners covering the period 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2012</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:56:37 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92843

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs working in the NHS aged (a) 25 to 35, (b) 35 to 45, (c) 45 to 55 and (d) 55 to 65 years old are (i) male and (ii) female.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services workforce census shows the number of general practitioners (GPs) by age band and gender working in the NHS in England as at 30 September each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number of GPs (excluding registrars and retainers) but including GP providers (partners) and GP others (salaried) by age band and gender as at 30 September 2013 working in the NHS in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:41:38 question first ministerially corrected 20/10/2014 16:54:36 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ210052 GPs by age band.xlsx title GPs by Age Band Sept 2013 previous answer version 23112 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92845

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies for the position of GP there are in each (a) local authority area and (b) health authority area; and what such figures represent per head of population.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not collected by the Department. The last GP Vacancy Survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from National Health Service organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:33:08 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92846

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GP surgeries opened at (a) evenings and (b) weekends in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>NHS England have advised that data on the proportion of GP surgeries that opened at evenings and weekends in each of the last 10 years is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:22:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92847

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of hours worked by a GP was in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Data on the average number of hours worked by a general Practitioner (GP) in each of the last 10 years is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National GP Worklife Survey 2012 (published in 2013) conducted by the University of Manchester asked GPs how many hours they spent, on average, per week, doing NHS GP-related work. This included all clinical and non-clinical NHS work but excluded out of hours work. In the last three released surveys, the average number of weekly hours worked was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average number of weekly hours worked</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>41.7 hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>41.4 hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>42.1 hours</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: </em>prior to 2008, the question wording changed, and therefore the data collected cannot be used for accurate comparison.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Seventh National GP Worklife Survey; University of Manchester; 2013</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This report showed no significant change in the average weekly hours worked by GPs over the 2008-2012 time period. It should also be noted that the sample size varied between the samples and did not necessarily involve the same GPs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:27:38 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92848

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK-born and trained GPs now work outside the UK; and what the five most common destination countries for such GPs are.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:27:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92849

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average pension was of a retired GP in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Data has been provided by the Government Actuary’s Department on the average pension of general practitioners who have retired in each of the last six years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information is not available for the last 10 years as requested. Information that is available is in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Pension (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>44,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>45,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>43,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>42,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>40,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>38,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. This information is based on intervaluation movements data provided by National Health Service Business Services Authority for the 2012 scheme valuation and 2014 resource accounts (which were based on 2013 data).</p><p> </p><p>2. The average pension provided in the table above is the average pre-commuted pension coming into payment for both general medical and dental practitioners. Since 2008 NHS Pension scheme members have been able to commute up to 25% of their pension in return for an enhanced lump sum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:50:19 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92850

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) full time equivalent GPs were employed in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services workforce census shows the number of general practitioners (GPs) who work full-time, part-time and the full-time equivalent number working in the National Health Service in England as at 30 September each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number of GPs by working pattern working in the NHS in England as at 30 September in each of the last 10 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:46:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ210060r.xlsx title Table
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92851

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students were training to be GPs in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not collected by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government established Health Education England (HEE) to be responsible for delivering a better health and healthcare workforce for England and for ensuring a secure future supply, to cope with changes in demand, taking into account factors such as the age profile of the existing workforce, the impact of technology, and new drugs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE has published the number of postgraduate medical trainees that enter general practice specialty training at ST1 in each of the last five years, at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/Portals/8/Documents/Annual%20Reports/GP%20ST1%20Recruitment%20Figures%202009-13.pdf" target="_blank">http://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/Portals/8/Documents/Annual%20Reports/GP%20ST1%20Recruitment%20Figures%202009-13.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is summarised in the following table together with the number of posts that were commissioned and the fill rate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Posts Commissioned</p></td><td><p>Posts Filled</p></td><td><p>% Filled</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,719</p></td><td><p>2,626</p></td><td><p>95.58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,732</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>102.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,672</p></td><td><p>2,658</p></td><td><p>99.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,687</p></td><td><p>2,669</p></td><td><p>99.33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,761</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td><td><p>99.17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:36:28 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92852

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK-trained doctors resident in the UK and below retirement age are not employed in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collected. Departmental officials are aware that the General Medical Council does collect some demographic data about doctors and this is published in its annual report ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:13:27 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane