Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of GP appointments in England that are being carried out face-to-face with patients as of 1 October 2021.

Appointment data for October 2021 is not yet available. However, from 1 to 31 August inclusive, which is the latest data available, there were an estimated 23.9 million appointments in general practice excluding COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 13.8 million were face to face appointments, representing 58% of all appointments that took place during that period.