Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practice speciality training posts were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.

Health Education England publish information on the number of general practice training places commissioned and filled.

Information on the number of general practice training places commissioned and filled for the last three years can be found here:

2016:

https://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/Portals/8/Documents/Annual%20Reports/GP%20ST1%20Recruitment%20Figures%202016.pdf?ver=2016-10-20-125603-367

2015:

https://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/Portals/8/Documents/Annual%20Reports/GP%20ST1%20Recruitment%20Figures%202015.pdf?ver=2015-12-18-140824-470

2014:

https://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/Portals/8/Documents/Annual%20Reports/GP%20ST1%20Recruitment%20Figures%202014.pdf?ver=2015-12-18-140824-470