§ Mr. KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health why the figure of 30 was chosen as the cut-off point on the Jarman index for general practitioners to receive deprivation payments.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyA cut-off point of 30 on the Jarman index was chosen to target the deprivation payments on those practices that serve areas of highest deprivation. A figure of 30 means that some 9 per cent. of the population in England will attract a payment for then-general practitioner in some 5 per cent. of the wards.