§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner fundholders went over budget in the last year banded according to the amount of overspend. [13642]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation for 1995–96 is not yet available. Tables 1 and 2 give figures for 1994–95, classifying overspends, respectively, in cash terms and as a percentage of total budget. The average awarded to a fund during 1994–95 was £1.7 million.
Table 1: Fundholders over budget 1994–95 by size of overspend (cash) Amount (£000s) over budget Number of funds1 Up to 50 220 50 up to 100 104 100 up to 150 38 150 or more 24 1 A fund is the organisational unit to which the budget is awarded.
Table 2: Fundholders over budget 1994–95 by size of overspend (parentage of budget) Proportion (percentage over budget) Number of funds1 Up to 2.5 189 2.5 up to 5 105 5 up to 10 77 10 or more 15 1 A fund is the organisational unit to which the budget is awarded.