§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown of the total spent in each year since 1979 by the Government on premises for general practice in both cash and constant prices.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1986, c. 88]: The amounts directly reimbursed to general medical practitioners for rent (including notional rent for surgeries owned by the occupying practitioners and cost rents where appropriate), rates (including water rates) and improvement grants for each financial year since 1979 are as follows:
£ million Cash At 1984–85 prices Rent Rates Grants Rent Rates Grants 1979–80 13.5 6.0 0.8 20.5 9.1 1.3 1980–81 17.9 7.3 1.3 22.9 9.3 1.7 1981–82 21.3 9.1 1.6 24.8 10.6 1.8 1982–83 26.1 10.5 1.8 28.4 11.5 2.0 1983–84 33.0 11.9 2.3 34.4 12.3 2.3 1984–85 37.3 13.7 3.1 37.3 13.7 3.1 1985–86* 44.8 14.4 3.9 42.3 13.6 3.7 * Provisional.