HC Deb 29 March 2001 vol 365 c756W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the additional £100 million a year allocated to primary care organisations in England will be taken from the existing budget of his Department. [155628]

Mr. Denham

In the recent Budget, the National Health Service in England received on average an additional £275 million per year for the next three years.

£45 million of the £100 million announced to support general practitioners will come from this additional funding, with £55 million to be funded through existing provision for NHS expenditure.

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