§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what incentive payments general practitioners receive under their contracts for meeting vaccination programme targets; how the payments are related to the number of vaccines administered; and what limit exists on the number of vaccinations for which payments are made.
§ Dr. MawhinneyTwo incentive payments are available to general practitioners for meeting immunisation targets. The first is for achieving either higher or lower targets for immunising children aged two against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, whooping cough, measles, mumps, rubella, and, from 1 July this year, Hib meningitis. The second is for booster immunisations in children aged five against diphtheria, tetanus and polio. Details of the payment mechanisms are contained in the "Statement of Fees and Allowances", a copy of which is available in the Library.