Lord Blencathra: To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) what is the average length of a general practitioner practice list; (2) what has been the level of net immigration since 2000; and (3) what is the number of additional general practitioners they estimate to have been required because of that immigration change since 2000.
Earl Howe: ...for 30 September 2013, the latest date for which published figures are available, showed the average number of patients per general practitioner practice was 7,034. Information on the level of net immigration for 2000 to 2012 is published by the Office of National Statistics at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/long-term-internati onal-migration/2012/table-2-01a.xls Final data,...