How much was spent on general medical services both (a) cash limited and (b) non-cash limited in each year since 1996-97 to date.

Details of expenditure on General Medical Services Cash Limited and Non-Cash Limited and their percentage share of total health expenditure for 1996-97 to 1999-2000, based on audited accounts, is given in the table. The abolition of GP fund holding in 1999-2000 led to a change in accounting arrangements which is reflected in that year's apparently smaller proportion of General Medical Services Cash Limited expenditure compared with earlier years.The apparent reduction in the share of General Medical Services Non-Cash Limited expenditure from 1998-99 reflects a transfer of resources from that budget to the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education when it took over responsibility for vocational training for GPs. | General Medical Services Cash Limited | General Medical Services Non-Cash Limited
| Expenditure(£ million) | Percentage of Total Health Expenditure | Expenditure(£ million) | Percentage of Total Health Expenditure
1996-97 | 95.7 | 2.30% | 237.7 | 5.60%
1997-98 | 108.4 | 2.50% | 248.7 | 1998-99 | 119 | 2.60% | 243.8 | 5.30%
1999-2000 | 108.9 | 2.20% | 268.8 | 5.40%
Note:The General Medical Services Cash Limited expenditure from 1996-97 to 1999-2000 comprise a central allocation plus additional expenditure by health boards from their general allocations/unified budgets.Information on the total budgets for General Medical Services Cash Limited expenditure for 2000-01 to 2002-03 is not yet identifiable from health boards' unified budgets. Indicative allocations for General Medical Services Non-Cash Limited for 2000-01 to 2002-03 have been issued. They represent 5.2%, 5.1