§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will list the average value of capital projects(a) at general practitioner fundholders' surgery premises and (b) non-general practitioner fundholders' premises in each regional health authority area in each of the past three years;
(2) what estimate she has made of the average capital value of the surgery premises of (a) general practitioner fundholders and (b) non-fundholders and of any change in the average value of such premises since 1991; and if she will make it her policy to carry out a full valuation of all surgery premises at five-yearly intervals.
§ Mr. Malone[holding answer 23 January 1995]: General practitioners are independent self-employed contractors to the national health service. Under their terms of service, they are required to provide adequate practice premises from which to see their patients. The capital value of and investment in premises they own is a matter for them or the owners of any accommodation they rent.