HC Deb 19 December 2001 vol 377 c441W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the cost of the pilot Personal Medical Service scheme in(a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000. [16959]

Mr. Hutton

The costs of running personal medical services pilots were £38.2 million in 1998, £70.8 million in 1999, and £153.4 million in 2000.

Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of general practitioners work under Personal Medical Services; and what the intended proportion is by April 2002. [20865]

Mr. Hutton

With the implementation of the third wave of personal medical services pilots in October 2001, some 18 per cent, of general practitioners are now working under PMS arrangements nationally. Applications for the fourth wave of pilots (starting in April 2002) are still being submitted.