§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown by programme of family practitioner service expenditure for 1986–87 and their latest estimate for 1987–88 for England, including administration costs.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested in respect of the family practitioner services in England is set out in the following table:
Family Practitioner Services (England)—Net cost £ million 1986–87 1987–88 (Estimate) General Medical Services 1,131 1,236 Pharmaceutical Services 1,639 1,827 General Dental Services 521 571 General Ophthalmic Services 128 148 FPS Administration 94 99 Payments to British Telecom for priority fault repair — 1 Compensation payments to pharmacists on withdrawal from contract — 4 Net FPS 3,513 3,886
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total cost in the last full year for which figures are available, for England and Wales, of the 70 per cent. direct reimbursements to unrestricted principals in general practice under the ancillary staff scheme for ancillary staff salaries and a breakdown of the cost for each family practitioner committee.
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§ Mr. NewtonThe total cost during 1986–87 of the 70 per cent. reinbursement of ancillary staff salaries for England and Wales was £126 million. The breakdown for each family practitioner committee is as follows:
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Ancillary Staff—70 per cent. Salaries—1986–87 Family Practitioner Committee £ million Avon 1.829 Barking and Havering 0.607 Barnet 0.761 Barnsley 0.446 Bedfordshire 1.572 Berkshire 2.422 Birmingham 2.403 Bolton 0.512 Bradford 0.924 Brent and Harrow 1.163 Bromley 0.801 Buckingham 1.655 Bury 0.356 Calderdale 0.435 Cambridgeshire 1.896 Camden and Islington 1.004 Cheshire 2.257 City and East London 1.189 Cleveland 1.363 Coventry 0.690 Cornwall 1.763 Croydon 0.659 Cumbria 1.366 Derbyshire 2.110 Devon 2.776 Doncaster 0.650 Dorset 2.059 920W
Family Practitioner Committee £ million Dudley 0.559 Durham 1.795 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 1.426 Enfield and Haringey 1.145 Essex 3.622 Gateshead 0.509 Gloucester 1.649 Greenwich and Bexley 0.951 Hampshire 4.817 Hereford and Worcester 1.877 Hertfordshire 3.064 Hillingdon 0.470 Humberside 2.020 Isle of Wight 0.408 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1.096 Kent 4.059 Kingston and Richmond 0.913 Kirklees 0.762 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1.647 Lancashire 2.607 Leeds 1.700 Leicestershire 2.171 Lincolnshire 1.679 Liverpool 0.909 Manchester 1.070 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 1.375 Newcastle 0.784 Norfolk 2.373 Northamptonshire 1.550 Northumberland 0.877 Nottinghamshire 1.964 Oldham 0.255 Oxfordshire 1.879 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 0.896 Rochdale 0.353 Rotherham 0.398 St. Helens and Knowsley 0.689 Salford 0.477 Shropshire 1.085 Sandwell 0.504 Sefton 0.624 Sheffield 1.184 Solihull 0.594 Somerset 1.423 Staffordshire 2.162 Stockport 0.638 Suffolk 2.017 Sunderland 0.561 Surrey 2.880 Sussex (East) 1.863 Sussex (West) 1.604 Tameside 0.439 Trafford 0.465 Tyneside (North) 0.378 Tyneside (South) 0.340 Wakefield 0.751 Walsall 0.456 Warwickshire 1.492 Wigan 0.564 Wiltshire 1.519 Wirral 0.754 Wolverhampton 0.469 Yorkshire (North) 2.142 England 119.411 Wales Clwyd 0.814 Dyfed 0.951 Gwent 0.929 Gwynedd 0.728 Mid Glamorgan 1.204 Powys 0.355 South Glamorgan 0.866 West Glamorgan 0.913
Family Practitioner Committee £ million Wales 6.760 £126.171 England and Wales Total million
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for England and Wales for each year since 1979 the total family practitioner committee expenditure(a) under the ancillary staff scheme and (b) the cost of providing premises under the rent and rate scheme, with an indication of the costs adjusted for general price inflation.
§ Mr. NewtonFamily practitioner committee expenditure since 1979–80 under the ancillary staff scheme (including related staff, national insurance contributions and training costs) and the rent and rate direct reimbursement scheme were as follows:
Year Ancillary Staff Rent and Rate Scheme Cash At 1986–87 Prices1 Cash At 1986–87 Prices1 £ million £ million £ million £ million 1979–80 52 86 20 34 1980–81 68 95 26 37 1981–82 81 104 32 40 1982–83 92 110 38 46 1983–84 106 121 47 54 1984–85 119 130 54 59 1985–86 133 137 63 64 1986–87 145 145 74 74 1 Adjusted in line with the GDP deflator at market prices.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give, for the last year for which figures are available, the total for England and Wales and a breakdown for each family practitioner committee, of(a) the number of general practice premises and (b) the amount directly reimbursed to unrestricted principals in general practice for the cost of providing premises under the rent and rates scheme.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested on the number of general practice premises in England and Wales is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The total amount directly reimbursed to unrestricted principals in England and Wales during 1986–87 under the rent and rates scheme was £74 million. The breakdown for each family practitioner committee is scheduled in the table.
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Family Practitioner Committee Practice accommodation. Rent—rates payments £ million Avon 1.108 Barking and Havering 0.718 Barnet 0.614 Barnsley 0.250 Bedfordshire 0.980 Berkshire 1.612 Birmingham 1.487 Bolton 0.256 Bradford 0.538 Brent and Harrow 0.989 Bromley 0.543 Buckingham 1.316 Bury 0.153 922W
Family Practitioner Committee Practice accommodation. Rent—rates payments £ million Calderdale 0.254 Cambridgeshire 1.119 Camden and Islington 0.768 Cheshire 1.302 City and East London 1.053 Cleveland 0.585 Coventry 0.486 Cornwall 0.698 Croydon 0.381 Cumbria 0.551 Derbyshire 1.130 Devon 1.582 Doncaster 0.197 Dorset 1.257 Dudley 0.262 Durham 0.797 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 1.280 Enfield and Haringey 0.937 Essex 2.594 Gateshead 0.267 Gloucester 0.950 Greenwich and Bexley 0.673 Hampshire 2.323 Hereford and Worcester 0.767 Hertfordshire 2.615 Hillingdon 0.311 Humberside 0.896 Isle of Wight 0.187 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1.112 Kent 2.361 Kingston and Richmond 0.627 Kirklees 0.374 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1.052 Lancashire 0.993 Leeds 1.096 Leicestershire 1.146 Lincolnshire 0.828 Liverpool 0.550 Manchester 0.565 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0.726 Newcastle 0.421 Norfolk 1.333 Northamptonshire 0.766 Northumberland 0.337 Nottinghamshire 0.983 Oldham 0.115 Oxfordshire 0.740 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 0.910 Rochdale 0.220 Rotherham 0.222 St. Helens and Knowsley 0.393 Salford 0.266 Shropshire 0.450 Sandwell 0.344 Sefton 0.355 Sheffield 0.612 Solihull 0.321 Somerset 0.873 Staffordshire 0.991 Stockport 0.308 Suffolk 1.319 Sunderland 0.151 Surrey 1.556 Sussex (East) 0.996 Sussex (West) 1.268 Tameside 0.238 Trafford 0.219 Tyneside (North) 0.151 Tyneside (South) 0.153 Wakefield 0.518 Walsall 0.372 Warwickshire 0.792 Wigan 0.314
Family Practitioner Committee Practice accommodation. Rent—rates payments £ million Wiltshire 0.794 Wirral 0.342 Wolverhampton 0.314 Yorkshire (North) 1.380 England total 70.053 Wales Clwyd 0.440 Dyfed 0.645 Gwent 0.522 Gwynedd 0.319 Mid Glamorgan 0.869 Powys 0.237 South Glamorgan 0.631 West Glamorgan 0.341 Wales total 4.004 England and Wales total 74.057