Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difference in the insurance premium paid by GPs in England and Scotland; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for such difference.

General practitioners (GPs) are required to have adequate and appropriate indemnity or insurance arrangements to cover clinical negligence liabilities.

We do not have data showing the difference on insurance premiums, which are a very small proportion of the market in England. The Department is aware that there is a difference in the cost of clinical negligence indemnity subscriptions paid by GPs in England and Scotland. No assessment has been made for the reasons for such difference.

Health is a devolved matter and it is for the devolved administrations to make their own decisions about health policies in their own territories.