HC Deb 28 June 1994 vol 245 cc535-6W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what data has been collected by her Department on the administrative costs of(a) fundholding and (b) non-fundholding arrangements in general practice.

Dr. Mawhinney

The administrative costs of purchasing by general practitioner fundholders are about 2 per cent. of budgets set. Comparable information about the purchasing costs of district health authorities on behalf of non-fundholding general practitioners is not available.