General Practitioners (Hansard, 20 June 1994)

§ Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average budget for(a) GP fundholders and (b) non-fundholders in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 for England and by region.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
Average budgets for general practitioner fundholders by region in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 are shown in the table. It is not possible to produce comparable information for non-fundholding general practitioners.

Average budgets for general practitioner fundholders by region: 1991–92 to 1993–94

£ million

Region 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94

Northern 1.7 1.7 1.8

Yorkshire 1.5 1.7 1.8

Trent 1.3 1.4 1.5

East Anglian 1.5 1.7 1.7

North West Thames 1.3 1.4 1.6

North East Thames 1.4 1.2 1.4

South East Thames 1.3 1.4 1.6

South West Thames 1.3 1.3 1.6

Wessex 1.3 1.5 1.8

Oxford 1.2 1.4 1.6

South Western 1.2 1.4 1.6

West Midlands 1.3 1.4 1.6

Mersey 1.3 1.3 1.6

North Western 1.3 1.4 1.5

England 1.4 1.5 1.6

Note:
From 1993–94, the scope of the general practitioner fundholder scheme was expanded to include the purchase of community health services. In addition, the minimum list size criterion for joining the scheme was reduced from 9,000 to 7,000 patients.

§ Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to investigate the extent to which general practitioner fundholders' savings have been used to fund the element of general practitioner staff costs normally paid by the general practitioner.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
None. The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Regulations 1993 specifically preclude this.

§ Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have applied for recognised general 27W practitioner training courses in each year from 1989–90 to 1993–94; and what were the figures for individual courses for 1992–93 and 1993–94.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
This information is not available centrally.

§ Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been de-registered by general practitioners in each English health region in each year since 1989.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
This information is not available centrally.

Average budgets for general practitioner fundholders by region: 1991–92 to 1993–94
£ million
Region	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94
Northern	1.7	1.7	1.8
Yorkshire	1.5	1.7	1.8
Trent	1.3	1.4	1.5
East Anglian	1.5	1.7	1.7
North West Thames	1.3	1.4	1.6
North East Thames	1.4	1.2	1.4
South East Thames	1.3	1.4	1.6
South West Thames	1.3	1.3	1.6
Wessex	1.3	1.5	1.8
Oxford	1.2	1.4	1.6
South Western	1.2	1.4	1.6
West Midlands	1.3	1.4	1.6
Mersey	1.3	1.3	1.6
North Western	1.3	1.4	1.5
England	1.4	1.5	1.6