§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of nursing staff employed in each health board area per 100,000 of population; and what is the comparable figure for Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe statistics are as follows:
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Nursing Staff (whole-time equivalent) per 100,000 of population Number Argyll and Clyde 1,010 Ayrshire and Arran 871 Borders 996 Dumfries and Galloway 1,253 Fife 951 Forth Valley 1,189 Grampian 1,156 Greater Glasgow 1,551 Highland 1,158 Lanarkshire 926 Lothian 1,295
Number Orkney 1,010 Shetland 821 Tayside 1,498 Western Isles 839 All Scotland 1,207 Note: Based on estimated population at 30 June 1982 and provisional staffing data at 30 September 1983.
§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many full-time equivalent nursing staff are in employment in each Scottish health board area; and what are the comparable figures for each year since 1980.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe statistics are as follows:
Nursing Staff (whole.time equivalent) at 30 September Health Board 1980 1981 1982 *1983 Argyll & Clyde 4,469.7 4,525.3 4,514.2 4,574.6 Ayrshire & Arran 2,742.5 2,854.2 2,977.3 3,281.8 Borders 876.1 939.9 990.3 1,005.1 Dumfries & Galloway 1,677.5 1,751.2 1,792.0 1,825.3 Fife 2,865.6 3,039.7 3,188.4 3,250.4 Forth Valley 3,037.6 3,097.0 3,170.7 3,247.6
Financial Years £ million 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology 4.091 5.238 6.073 6.495 9.548 10.545 Paisley College of Technology 4.105 4.264 6.315 7.627 7.919 8.438 Dundee College of Technology 2.313 2.837 3.509 4.632 5.070 5.297 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 1.578 2.003 2.225 2.242 2.666 2.885 Edinburgh College of Art 1.597 1.998 2.404 2.571 2.854 3.263 Glasgow School of Art 2.058 1.941 2.303 2.354 2.943 2.905 Queen Margaret College 1.457 2.073 2.382 3.101 3.591 3.380 Queen's College Glasgow 1.047 1.355 1.701 1.911 2.309 2.611 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 0.675 0.859 1.512 1.261 1.706 2.801 Leith Nautical College 1.224 1.361 1.508 1.509 1.619 1.720 Scottish College of Textiles 0.726 0.988 1.609 1.914 1.572 2.054 Grants allocated to the central institutions are not subdivided between funding for undergraduate and other (e.g. non-advanced and postgraduate) students. It would be misleading therefore to express the allocation in terms of undergraduate students only.