§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is available on the sums from the statement of fees and allowance or other votes which were budgeted and the sums which were paid to general practitioner trainees and general practitioner trainers in each of the past three years, indicating the respective numbers of trainers and trainees.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 3 May 1989]: Payments to trainers and trainees, are drawn from the voted provision for the general medical services and are not subject to separate budgets.
Expenditure in England on grants to trainers and the reimbursement of salary and other costs for trainees in the last three years for which full data are available was as follows:
1985–86 £ million 1986–87 £ million 1987–88 £ million Grants (trainers) 6.31 6.345 6.522 Other expenditure (trainees) 28.777 30.489 33.4555 The number of trainers and trainees in the same years (1 October) in England and Wales are as follows:—
1985 1986 1987 GP trainers 2,704 2,769 2,792 GP trainees 1,924 1,814 1,876