§ Mr. Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of all contracts which have been put out to public tender since 1983 in the Health Service, together with any resulting savings.
§ Mr. John MacKayDetails provided by Scottish health boards and the Common Service Agency of contracts which have been put out to public tender since 1983 to end 1986 and estimates of resulting savings where these could be calculated are given in the table below:
Health Board/CSA Total number of contracts let Savings over previous costs £000's Ayrshire and Arran 8 61 Borders 1 41 Fife 2 19 Forth Valley 2 8 Lanarkshire 2 29 Tayside 8 283 CSA 5 18 Scotland Total 28 459