HC Deb 29 March 1994 vol 240 cc689-90W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list all proposed district health authority mergers and the timetable for each.

Dr. Mawhinney

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 15 March at column566 concerning district health authority mergers from 1 April 1994. Proposals to merge Wigan DHA with Bolton DHA and Newcastle DHA

Dr. Mawhinney

Regional health authorities manage the general practitioner fundholding scheme in their areas. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairmen of the Thames regional health authorities for local information in London.

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fundholding practices there were in Greater London for each year since 1991–92; and what percentage of the total figure for fundholders in England those figures represent in each year.

Dr. Mawhinney

Information about general practitioner fundholder numbers is only available centrally at regional health authority level. I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave the hon. Member for Bristol, South (Ms Primarolo) on 7 February at columns43–44.