Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency receive funding under the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee.
The requested information is contained in the following table. The data also includes payments made to any organisation providing general practitioner services, such as walk-in centres.
Area | Practices receiving Minimum Practice Income Guarantee funding | Proportion of practices receiving Minimum Practice Income Guarantee funding |
England | 2,863 | 35.5% |
London | 511 | 35% |
London Borough of Islington | 25 | 66% |
Islington South and Finsbury constituency | 13 | 72% |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, payments to General Practice, England 2013/14.