HC Deb 18 July 1995 vol 263 cc1151-2W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 2 December 1994,Official Report, column 916, if he will update the figures on general practitioner fundholding management allowances. [35490]

Mr. Malone

Information on the level of expenditure on fundholding management allowances in 1994–95 is not yet available.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 25 January,Official Report, columns 259–60, on computer costs associated with general practitioner fundholding, if he will now provide comparable figures for 1994–95. [35498]

Mr. Malone

The information is shown in the table.

Spend on information technology to support GP fundholding: £000s
Region 1994–95
Northern and Yorkshire 2,717
Trent 2,662
Anglia and Oxford 1,894
North Thames 1,819
South Thames 2,659
South and West 1,906
West Midlands 3,129
North West 2,060
Total 18,846

Note:

Expenditure figures are estimates taken from FIS4 returns by English FHSAs.