§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the maintenance backlog cost of general practitioner surgeries in the NHS in(a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust in each year since 1997. [167413]
§ Mr. HuttonThere are some 10,500 general practitioner surgeries in England, of which 85 per cent. are either owner-occupied or rented by GPs, who are responsible for maintenance of their premises. The information requested is not held centrally and cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.