General Practitioners: Birmingham Richard Burden To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner surgeries in south Birmingham have offered extended opening hours in each quarter since April 2008. Mr. Mike O'Brien Information on the number of general practitioner (GP) surgeries, located in the area covered by South Birmingham primary care trust (PCT), offering extended opening hours between April 2008 and July 2009 is shown in the following table. ------------------ | |Number| ------------------ |2008 | | ------------------ |April |6 | ------------------ |May |24 | ------------------ |June |29 | ------------------ |July |39 | ------------------ |August |39 | ------------------ |September|39 | ------------------ |October |39 | ------------------ |November |43 | ------------------ |December |43 | ------------------ | | | ------------------ |2009 | | ------------------ |January |43 | ------------------ |February |44 | ------------------ |March |44 | ------------------ |April |44 | ------------------ |May |46 | ------------------ |June |48 | ------------------ |July |51 | ------------------ This information is also available on the Department’s website at: www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/Performancedataandstatistics/PrimaryCare/DH_089459 Data since July 2009 are no longer centrally collected and can instead be obtained direct from the PCT.