Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many doctors there were in general practice in each year between 2007 and 2017.

The information requested for 2010-17 is shown in the following table. Due to changes in the methodology, comparable data is not available prior to 2010. Headcount general practitioners (GP) numbers (excluding locums) are provided as they are comparable 2010-17.

Source: NHS Digital

1. All data as of 30 September for England.
2. All data includes estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid GP data.
3. Figures shown do not include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres and walk-in centres.