§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many general practitioners in Wales work in independent fundholding practices; what proportion of general practitioners in Wales this represents; what is the annual cost of funding these general practitioners; and if he will make a statement. [29050]
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§ Mr. RichardsThere are 649 general practitioners, about 35.5 per cent. of all GPs, working in 146 GP fundholding practices in Wales. The level of expenditure from fundholder management allowances between 1990–91 to 1993–94 was as follows:
£ 1990–91 111,630 1991–92 519,556 1991–93 1,622,538 1993–94 2,904,934 Expenditure figures for 1994–95 are not yet available but provisional accounts suggest that the total sum amounted to some £3.8 million.