HC Deb 15 July 1985 vol 83 cc39-40W
Mr. Kennedy

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the indicative allowance available to individual health boards for support-funded projects during the current financial year giving details for each health board of the amount already committed and the amount available for new projects.

Mr. John MacKay

The information is given in the table. It is for boards to decide whether to contribute more or less than the indicative levels from their revenue allocations.

Indicative level of support finance expenditure 1985–86
£ million
Health board Total On previous commitments On new projects
1 2 3
Argyll and Clyde 0.273 0.001 0.272
Ayrshire and Arran 0.227 0.227
Borders 0.154 0.087 0.067
Dumfries and Galloway 0.531 0.437 0.094
Fife 0.540 0.342 0.198
Forth Valley 0.404 0.247 0.157
Grampian 0.507 0.228 0.279
Greater Glasgow 0.795 0.154 0.641
Highland 1.034 0.907 0.127
Lanarkshire 0.437 0.124 0.313
Lothian 0.533 0.101 0.432
Orkney 0.015 0.003 0.012
Shetland 0.015 0.015
Tayside 0.313 0.071 0.242
Western Isles 0.176 0.152 0.024
Total 5.954 2.854 3.100