§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much is to spent on primary health care in the borough of Ealing; what were the figures three and five years ago; and if she will make a statement. [22010]
§ Mr. MaloneThe main elements of primary health care are the demand-led family health services. Expenditure on these services within the borough of Ealing is not separately identifiable from information available centrally. A summary of the total FHS expenditure by the Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow family health services authority, whose area of responsibility includes the borough of Ealing, is set out in the following table. Expenditure on the final element of primary health care, the community health services funded by health authorities, is not separately identifiable in data available centrally.
Gross expenditure on family health services within the Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow family health services authority £ million 1990–91 1992–93 1994–95 (provisional) Total gross expenditure 78.3 96.6 108 Notes:
1. Gross expenditure includes prescription and dental charge income collected from patients.
166W2. Figures include payments made by the Dental Practice Board to dentists in contract with the Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow FHSA. Figures exclude GP fundholders' management costs and budgets for purchasing secondary care services, and the FHSA's administrative costs.
3. Figures for 1990–91 and 1992–93 are based on receipts and payments returns submitted by the FHSA with its annual accounts. The provisional figures for 1994–95 are based on in-year monitoring data.