§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the total sum of money paid out in start-up and preparation costs for general practitioner fundholders in the financial year 1990–91; and if he will provide such estimates for each of the NHS regions.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe table provides the estimated expenditure, during 1990–91, on GP fundholding preparatory allowance broken down by regional health authority. Information on other payments made to potential fundholders is not available as it is not separately identifiable.
Region Estimated total expenditure 1990–91 Northern 464,000 Yorkshire 558,481 Trent 438,518 East Anglia 157,353 North West Thames 396,640 North East Thames 186,317 South East Thames 254,000 South West Thames 347,417 Wessex 233,200 Oxford 401,480 South-Western 300,228 West Midlands 450,000 Mersey 335,999 North-Western 312,754 Total 4,372,387
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what would be the cost of making financial transactions internal to the NHS as a result of contracts and general practitioner budgets subject to VAT at the standard rate; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information requested is not available.