HC Deb 24 January 1992 vol 202 c398W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the expenditure by his Department on the general practitioner fund-holding scheme.

Mr. Dorrell

In the first year of the scheme 306 practices representing 1,720 GPs are managing a total budget of £397,600,000 to purchase health care for their patients. The benefits of fund holding are now widely recognised.