Laurence Robertson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2016-04-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget has been allocated to GP surgeries in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Alistair Burt
The table below shows the proportion of spend on general practice for each of the last 10 years for which data is available. The figures for spend on general practice are taken from the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s Investment in General Practice reports, which is the most comprehensive source of data on investment in general practice. The NHS Revenue Expenditure data is taken from the Department’s accounts.
|
Year |
NHS Revenue Expenditure under Clear Line of Sight Rules (£ billion) |
Spend on general practice (£ billion) |
Spend on general practice as a proportion of total |
|
2005/06 |
74.17 |
7.747 |
10.4% |
|
2006/07 |
78.47 |
7.757 |
9.9% |
|
2007/08 |
81.22 |
7.867 |
9.7% |
|
2008/09 |
87.62 |
7.961 |
9.1% |
|
2009/10 |
94.42 |
8.321 |
8.8% |
|
2010/11 |
97.47 |
8.350 |
8.6% |
|
2011/12 |
100.27 |
8.397 |
8.4% |
|
2012/13 |
102.57 |
8.459 |
8.2% |
|
2013/14 |
106.5 |
8.766 |
8.2% |
|
2014/15 |
110.56 |
9.001 |
8.1% |
