§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the most recent figures for the distribution of health expenditure for each Scottish region expressed in per capita terms and categorised according to (a) hospital services expenditure, (b) community health and family practitioners' services expenditure and (c) total expenditure.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe figures for 1983–84 are as follows:
reliable conclusions from comparisons of per capita expenditure by health board based on resident population figures which make no allowances for these factors.