Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average proportion of NHS funding for GP practices contributed by the global sum payment for 2022/23.

In 2022/23, global sum payments to general practices were £4.4 billion, while total payments to general practices were £10.2 billion. The global sum accounted for 42.7% of funding. This figure includes practices who do not receive global sum payments but are instead paid under a Personal Medical Services or an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract.

For a median average practice, that had registered patients in 2022/23 and received global sum payments, those payments accounted for 63% of their total payments.