§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of those GP fund-holding practices in Wales which have set up private companies for aspects of their patients' care.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThere are none.
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each family health service authority area in Wales(a) the total number of GP practices, (b) the number of fund-holding practices and (c) the percentage of Welsh patients registered with a GP who belong to a fund-holding practice.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information is as follows:
Family health service authority Number of GP practices Number of GP fund-holders Clwyd 74 1 Mid Glamorgan 106 4 South Glamorgan 76 1 West Glamorgan 65 1 Gwent 95 — Gwynedd 55 — Powys 19 — Dyfed 70 — Some 3 per cent. of patients in Wales are covered by the seven fund-holding practices.