§ Mr. MaplesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 17 February 1998,Official Report, column 553, (1) for what reasons he did not publish the exact number of submissions received; and if he received written submissions from doctors requesting an end to general practitioner practice level budgets; [31653]
(2) how many submissions he received requesting that general practice level budgets be continued in some form. [31342]
§ Mr. MilburnSince May 1997, the Department has received both written and oral contributions from individuals and on behalf of local groups and national organisations about the Government's proposals for replacing the National Health Service internal market, as set out in the White Paper "The New NHS", and about the implications for the general practitioner fundholding scheme and GP commissioning. The opinions expressed have gone into varying degrees of detail.
It is not possible therefore to enumerate the views expressed on these points on a complete and consistent basis.