§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 20 January,Official Report, column 771, what considerations underlie his decision not to collect information centrally on the number of general practitioners who receive gross payments in excess of £200,000 per annum; if he will consider collecting this information in future; and if he will make a statement.
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In-year capital receipts from the sale of council houses1 Constant 1992–93 prices £000 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Alyn and Deeside 730 1,320 1,705 1,353 1,566 2,880 4,442 2,443 1,119 1,030 Colwyn 871 647 803 868 1,032 1,665 1,223 778 393 379 Delyn 1,748 6,060 669 977 1,483 1,365 2,300 1,471 928 806 Glyndwr 1,026 683 2,212 1,043 966 2,393 2,306 958 489 524 Rhuddlan 610 609 926 670 1,149 1,967 1,686 919 556 362 Wrexham Maelor 1,177 1,351 1,949 2,864 4,215 5,657 12,391 4,779 3,314 2,759 Carmarthen 1,576 1,471 933 1,063 1,151 1,977 2,139 1,823 1,227 1,040 Ceredigion 1,952 1,276 856 1,463 1,183 2,924 3,738 2,035 1,337 1,565 Dinefwr 550 513 715 1,102 994 1,529 1,376 1,284 623 450 Llanelli 3,501 2,107 1,685 2,431 2,702 4,158 3,958 2,579 2,139 1,489 Preseli Pembroke 2,726 1,727 1,555 1,611 1,695 4,003 5,028 2,576 1,542 1,774 South Pembrokeshire 2,473 1,572 673 640 991 2,227 2,312 1,241 861 516 Blaenau Gwent 1,645 1,127 5,028 1,988 2,058 3,742 5,678 2,388 1,666 1,031 Islwyn 4,541 2,753 2,275 3,146 3,473 5,255 4,996 1,463 1,578 1,124 Monmouth 4,969 3,994 2,914 2,995 3,763 5,228 5,170 2,487 2,059 1,613 Newport 4,720 4,885 11,123 5,000 4,753 8,897 10,261 3,030 2,193 1,881 Torfaen 4,924 3,977 2,163 6,901 4,810 9,150 10,999 5,138 3,220 3,311 Aberconwy 1,316 1,078 1,084 1,231 1,458 3,275 3,868 1,359 908 515 Arfon 1,183 1,326 809 1,115 1,005 2,661 3,207 1,329 924 669 Dwyfor 399 243 325 205 176 449 594 653 248 271 Meirionnydd 1,087 531 582 584 803 1,345 1,440 471 422 241 Ynys Mon 795 806 1,689 1,320 1,006 3,724 4,483 2,066 1,050 629 Cynon Valley 1,833 873 777 1,523 1,382 1,662 1,840 1,185 913 651 Merthyr Tydfil 1,689 1,323 1,856 2,334 2,508 3,398 3,513 1,516 739 976 Ogwr 14,899 4,993 4,856 5,270 4,083 6,564 7,149 3,864 2,599 1,614 Rhondda 376 315 406 571 483 711 885 686 353 373 Rhymney Valley 3,393 2,679 2,384 4,072 4,324 3,858 5,491 3,798 2,324 1,885 Taff Ely 3,087 2,686 2,660 4,174 4,988 6,007 7,374 3,908 2,769 2,162 Brecknock 1,880 1,582 1,355 1,662 1,803 2,523 2,491 1,250 810 586 Montgomeryshire 1,548 1,010 1,155 1,731 1,450 2,379 2,658 1,192 1,038 878 Radnorshire 1,128 438 468 425 810 988 1,083 635 457 525 Cardiff 6,571 7,852 9,319 16,537 12,500 18,311 20,068 7,760 5,567 3,765 Vale of Glamorgan 4,527 3,543 3,077 4,729 4,013 7,344 6,043 2,488 2,043 2,006 Port Talbot 3,191 2,883 3,071 3,610 4,171 5,374 6,209 2,938 2,468 1,733 Lliw Valley 822 971 1,417 1,968 1,829 2,209 3,539 2,642 1,382 1,024 Neath 1,168 1,476 2,082 2,207 2,538 3,167 3,631 2,112 1,328 991 Swansea 2,997 9,392 2,333 3,242 4,886 10,805 11,046 4,637 3,103 1,986 Total districts 93,627 82,069 79,616 94,623 94,203 151,769 176,618 83,882 56,689 45,134
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesGPs are paid according to a national contract. Conditions for payment are tightly defined and all GPs have access to income under the same conditions. Individual GP income varies according to a number of factors including list size and range of services provided.
Exchequer control over the remuneration system is achieved through arrangements operated by the Doctors and Dentists Review Body which ensure that, taking one year with another, the profession as a whole earns neither more nor less by way of net income than the amount intended by Government.
The collation of payments to individual doctors would serve no useful central management purpose. However, the information is available at a local management level to family health services authorities.