§ Mr. Corrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what financial allocations he has made to health boards for 1983–84.
§ Mr. YoungerI have allocated to health boards £1,221 million—£1,217 million net—for revenue expenditure and £32 million for locally managed capital expenditure on the 177W hospitals and community health services programme in 1983–84. After taking account of boards' income on revenue account, the net cash limited allocations to individual health boards are as follows:
Health Board Revenue Ordinary Capital Total Expenditure Programme £ million (net) £ million £ million Argyll and Clyde 88.440 2.595 91.035 Ayrshire and Arran 59.679 2.128 61.807 Borders 17.555 0.586 18.141 Dumfries and Galloway 31.175 0.848 32.023 Fife 57.596 1.933 59.529 Forth Valley 56.550 1.568 58.118 Grampian 105.661 2.909 108.570 Greater Glasgow 327.130 6.873 334.003 Highland 44.937 1.181 46.118 Lanarkshire 98.427 3.213 101.640 Lothian 195.369 4.992 200.361 Orkney 3.185 0.112 3.297 Shetland 3.968 0.141 4.109 Tayside 115.777 2.736 118.513 Western Isles 5.955 0.185 6.140 Total *1,211.404 32.000 1,243.404 * Not yet allocated £6 million. In addition to the allocations made for the ordinary capital programme, a further £6.5 million has been made available to health boards for expenditure in 1983–84 on hospitals and other buildings which require urgent improvement and upgrading.