Written question asked by David Wilshire (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 December 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 December 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost in 2004-05 to the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust has been of implementing the new consultants' contracts; and how much additional funding has been provided by the North Surrey Primary Care Trust to meet this additional expenditure. - Including figures. (Holding answer 7 December 2004).

Answer: Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost in 2004-05 to the Ashford and St. Peter's hospitals NHS trust has been of implementing the new consultants' contracts; and how much additional funding has been provided by the North Surrey primary care trust to meet this additional expenditure. [203142] Mr. Hutton: [holding answer 7 December 2004]: We do not have information regarding the cost to national health service trusts in the North Surrey primary care trust (PCT) of implementing the new consultant contract. Funding for the consultant contract, agreed with the British Medical Association during negotiations, was allocated to PCTs in December 2002 as part of main allocations. The amount that went to main allocations was 0.3 per cent., or £129 million, for 2003-04, 0.4 per cent., or £178 million, in 2004-05 and 0.5 per cent., or £224 million, in 2005-06.

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