§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the assumption underlying his estimate of £5million for the first-year costs of allowing GPs' practice staff to join the NHS pension scheme was that any practice staff who wished to could join or only those nominated by their GP employer; and what is the difference in cost between estimates based on these two assumptions. [18796]
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§ Mr. MaloneAssumptions underlying the £5 million costs were based on the results of the staff interest survey. The results reflected the level of interest among staff who were employed by general practitioner practices which expressed an interest in participating.