Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of patients registered at each GP surgery was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
The table below illustrates the average number of patients per practice over the last five years for which data is available:
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Average practice list size | 6,610 | 6,651 | 6,891 | 7,034 | 7,171 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre – General and Personal Medical Services 2004-2014 March 2015
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB16934/nhs-staf-2004-2014-gene-prac-rep.pdf