To ask the Scottish Executive how many GPs currently practise, also broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) parliamentary Constituency.

(a) The number of GPs currently practising broken down by NHS board is provided in the following table. (b) The breakdown by Scottish parliamentary Constituency has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47014).

Data source: GP Contractor Database, ISD Scotland, as at 26 November 2008

Notes:

1. The table shows the number of GPs working in Scottish practices, by NHS board, as at 30 September 2007. The table does not provide information on the whole-time equivalent (WTE) commitment in each board area and the figures do not include out-of-hours services and GPs doing only locum work.

2. It is possible for a GP to hold a contract in more than one NHS board, therefore the Scotland total does not equal the sum of the NHS board counts.

3. GP numbers for 2008 will be published at NHS board level on 27 January 2009 at www.isdscotland.org/GPpracs&pops.

James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP practices there are with two or more GPs, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) parliamentary constituency.

(a) The number of GP practices with two or more GPs broken down by NHS board is illustrated in the following table. (b) The information broken down by parliamentary Constituency has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47015)

Data source: GP Contractor Database, ISD Scotland, as at 26 November 2008.

Note: 1. Number of practices having two or more contracted GPs as at 30 September 2007.