HC Deb 31 March 1987 vol 113 cc491-2W
Mr. Norman

Atkinson asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the expenditure of the Haringey family practitioner service or its predecessor in (a) 1979, (b) 1983 and (c) at the latest available date; how many medical general practitioners were employed full time on each of those dates; and by what percentage in real terms their salaries increased over the period stated.

Mr. Newton

The information available in relation to the Enfield and Haringey family practitioner committee is as follows:

A. Expenditure on family practitioner services:
£
1979–80 116,772,000
1983–84 26,773,739
1985–86 30,971,108
1 Estimated full year figures. Enfield and Haringey FPC separated from Brent and Harrow FPC during this year.

B. Total number of general medical practitioners in contract with the FPC:
Responsible Non responsible
1979 253 1
1983 251 388
1987 (March) 258 356
1 No reliable figure available.

C. Information is not available centrally about actual remuneration for practitioners in contract with individual FPCs. The intended average net income for GMPs in Great Britain increased by 11.5 per cent. in real terms between 1979–80 and 1985–86.