§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the management allowances payments made to general practitioner fund-holding practices and practices preparing to be fundholders(a) by value and (b) in total for each (i) family health services authority and (ii) region.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is given in the table. GP fundholding has delivered many improvements in quality of care for patients. The costs of the management allowance—at about 2 per cent. of budgets set presents excellent value for money. These figures are only available for those years for which audited health board accounts have been completed.
Health Board 1990–91 £000 1991–92 £000 1992–93 £000 Argyll and Clyde 16 59 134 Ayrshire and Arran — — 77 Borders — — 26 Dumfries and Galloway — — — Fife — 27 36 Forth Valley — 23 86 Grampian — 85 539 Greater Glasgow — 35 90 Highland — — 32 Lanarkshire — — 178 Lothian 16 33 119 Ork — — — ney — — — Shetland — — — Tayside 5 44 193 Western Isle — — — Scotland 37 306 1,510 (1) The expenditure includes both revenue and capital components.