Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of GP practices in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency have received funding from (i) the Prime Minister's Challenge Fund and (ii) the Primary Care Infrastructure Fund.

The numbers and proportions of general practitioner (GP) practices that are part of a wave one or wave two Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund (known formerly as the PM Challenge Fund) scheme are:

(a) In England – 2637, which is 33.5% of the number of practices at 30 September 2014

(b) In London – 724, which is 51% of the number of practices at 30 September 2014

(c) In the London borough of Islington – 33, which is 92% of the number of practices at 30 September 2014

(d) In the Islington South and Finsbury constituency – 16, which is 89% of the number of practices at 30 September 2014

The numbers and proportion of GP practices with indicative funding approval from the Primary Care Infrastructure Fund in 2015/16 are as follows:

(a) In England, 721 – which is 9.2% of the number of practices at 30 September, 2014

(b) In London, 182 – which is 12.4% of the number of practices at 30 September, 2014

(c) In the London Borough of Islington (Islington Clinical Commissioning Group), 2 – which is 5.6% of the number of practices at 30 September 2014

(d) In the Islington South and Finsbury Constituency, 1 – which is 5.6% of the number of practices at 30 September 2014