To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of general medical service funds is for budget holding in (a) 1990–91, (b) 1991–92, (c) 1992–93, (d) 1993–94 and (e) 1994–95.

The main component of spending on the general medical services—GMS—non-cash-limited element, consists of the payment of general practitioners fees and expenses. Arrangements are identical for fund holders and non-fund holders and no special allocations are made to the former. For the cash-limited component, the proportion of funds allocated by the Department to regional health authorities specifically for GP fund holders is shown in the table. Regional health authorities can supplement the national funding from their revenue allocations for hospital and community health services. Information on supplementary funding is not available centrally. No decisions have been taken on the funding to be made available in 1994–95.