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Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of junior doctors working an average of more than 83 hours a week nationally and by region at 1 April.
Dr. Mawhinney
Information on the number of junior doctors and dentists contracted for more than a maximum average of 83 hours per week at 31 March nationally and by region is shown in the table.
| Region | Number |
| Northern | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 18 |
| Trent | 0 |
| East Anglian | 3 |
| North West Thames | 89 |
| North East Thames | 101 |
| South East Thames | 9 |
| South West Thames | 21 |
| Wessex | 4 |
| Oxford | 31 |
| South Western | 2 |
| West Midlands | 33 |
| Mersey | 0 |
| North Western | 59 |
| England | 370 |
Notes:
(i)Figures derived from the reports of the 14 English regional task forces.
(ii)Special health authorities included in the figures for the Thames regions