To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) capital funds and (b) resource funds his Department has brought forward from its (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 budgets for use in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support. (267398)

In agreement with Her Majesty’s Treasury, £100 million of the Department’s Capital Expenditure Limit has been brought forward from 2010-11 for use in 2009-10. This is being used to upgrade up to 600 general practitioner surgeries to support training in practices.

The Capital Expenditure Limit for 2008-09, and the Revenue Expenditure Limits for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are unchanged by any bring forward from later years.