Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 92139

GP Surgeries: Service Charges

Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the value for money of management and service charges paid by GP surgeries to related parties in England.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
General practice surgeries are independent contractors, and as private businesses it is within their own remit to consider the value for money of management and service charges paid to related parties in England.