§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what he estimates to be the current cost to the National Health Service for 1983–84, and for 1987–88, for all medical services provided for (a) retirement pensioners, (b) pensioners over 80 years of age, (c) pensioners over 85 years of age, (d) antenatal and postnatal care and (e) services for the under-fives, excluding postnatal care.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation is not available for the years requested. Estimates of net recurrent expenditure on hospitals and community health services and on family practitioner services by broad age group are available for 1981–82 and are as follows:
£ million HCHS FPS Births (including antenatal and postnatal care) 71.3 2.9 Children 0–4 49.1 13.7 Age 65–74 198.6 31.9 Age 75 and over 334.2 32.3 These estimates do not include expenditure on services funded directly by the Department.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost to the Health Service in both capital and revenue expenditure of each computerised axial topography scanner; and how many are now operational in Scottish hospitals.
§ Mr. John MacKayThere are six head scanners and five whole body scanners in use in Scottish hospitals. The head scanners currently in service are no longer manufactured but at the time of purchase cost about £200,000 each; the whole body scanners cost between £350,000 to £430,000 depending on the costs of any additional features and ancillary equipment. Current prices for whole body scanners are now in the region of £275,000 to £550,000.
Annual running costs are approximately £70,000 to £100,000 for each operational unit.