HC Deb 02 February 1999 vol 324 cc575-6W
Mr. Maude

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list his latest estimates and forecast expenditure

The information requested is not available. However, the average net income of dispensing and non-dispensing general medical practitioners1 in Great Britain in 1995–96 and 1996–972,3 was as follows:

£000
1995–96 and 1996–97 average 2,3
All general medical practitioners1 (GMPs) 47,000
Dispensing GMPs 53,400
Non-dispensing GMPs 45,800
1 Unrestricted principals in Great Britain excluding salaried partners and GMPs with zero list size.
2 Separate data for each year are not available.
3 Based on a sample survey; figures are approximate and subject to sampling variation.

Source:

Joint Health Departments/British Medical Association (General Practitioners Committee) Technical Steering Committee