NHS Redress Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Andy Burnham (Minister of State (Delivery and Quality), Department of Health; Leigh, Labour)
I will have to come back to the hon. Gentleman on that point. My note on the work that has been done by departmental economists describes the cost as being £56 million a year. I do not know whether that figure is based on the knowledge that more claims would come forward if there were such a scheme for primary care, or whether it is based on the current number of complaints. The estimated cost would be additional to what is currently spent, which suggests that the consideration of the figure has taken on board complaints that may not have been pursued if there were no such scheme.