§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the general practices in each health authority were fundholding on(a) January 1993 and (b) 1 January 1994.
Region Number of funds Number of practices Number of groups Number of GPs Population cover 000s Percentage population covered by Fundholding Practices 1st and 2nd Wave Northern 38 38 0 321 460 15.0 Yorkshire 55 61 3 338 693 18.9 Trent 54 57 2 311 659 13.8 East Anglia 13 13 0 85 168 8.0 North West Thames 43 49 3 235 493 14.2 North East Thames 23 23 0 107 266 7.1 South East Thames 29 29 0 147 339 9.2 South West Thames 38 39 1 225 463 15.8 Wessex 32 34 2 197 392 13.3 Oxford 46 48 1 279 570 21.9 South Western 38 42 0 244 386 11.0 West Midlands 58 59 1 410 659 12.6 Mersey 44 50 5 227 459 19.1 North Western 29 34 3 161 347 8.7 ENGLAND 540 576 21 3,197 6,354 13.0 3rd Wave Northern 31 34 3 161 303 9.9 Yorkshire 54 57 2 249 509 13.9 Trent 84 102 9 420 835 17.5 East Anglia 35 38 2 193 362 7.2 North West Thames 45 46 1 223 437 12.6 North East Thames 25 29 1 122 256 6.8 South East Thames 48 59 5 227 480 13.0 South West Thames 28 30 2 135 267 9.1 Wessex 22 23 1 128 253 8.6 Oxford 28 28 0 152 269 11.3 South Western 31 33 2 170 271 7.7 West Midlands 73 80 7 357 719 13.7 Mersey 40 51 7 196 379 15.8 North Western 37 49 6 168 344 8.6 England 581 659 48 2,901 5,711 11.9