§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will update the table placed in the Library on 29 March 1996,Official Report, column 780, on the practice fund management allowance expenditure by each health authority to include expenditure estimates and revised totals for 1996–97. [16651]
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§ Mr. Malone[holding answer 19 February 1997]: The information requested for 1995–96 and 1996–97 has been placed in the Library. I regret that there was an error in the labelling on the table placed in the Library on 29 March 1996 and a revised version of this table has also been provided.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the average(a) management and (b) computer costs for a general practitioner fundholding practice in each health authority in England in each of the past five years. [17470]
§ Mr. Malone[holding answer 24 February 1997]: The available data have been placed in the Library.
For 1995–96 and 1996–97, the tables identify allocations to health authorities for practice fund management allowance and computing allocations, and separately identify preparatory year and full fundholders so that a meaningful average can be calculated.
For 1993–94 and 1994–95, the tables identify the total PFMA expenditure by full and preparatory year fundholders, but divided by full fundholders only.
The figures for 1995–96 and 1996–97 include both computer purchase costs, shown separately, and computer maintenance costs, included within general PFMA. Both these components are excluded from the 1993–94 and 1994–95 figures, so the figures are not comparable over time.
Data by Family Health Services Authority are not centrally available for 1992–93.