Gp Expenses

Mr. Gwilym Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about family health services authority allocations in respect of general medical services expenses.

Mr. David Hunt
The cash limited general medical services provision for 1992–;93 will be £36·117 million. This covers direct reimbursement to GPs as part of their expenses on practice staff and premises improvements, and the development of computerisation. I am today announcing the allocations to family health services authorities. These are: --------
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Mr. David Hunt
The procedural details governing this grant scheme are a matter for the Welsh Development Agency.