§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will give, for each year since 1983 and for each health
Expenditure by Health Boards on Agency etc.1 Staff 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Health Boards As in accounts As converted to 1986–87 prices2 As proportion of gross recurrent expenditure3 As in accounts As converted to 1986–87 prices2 As proportion of gross recurrent expenditure3 As in accounts As converted to 1986–87 prices2 As proportion of gross recurrent expenditure3 As in accounts As proportion of gross recurrent expenditure3 £'000 £'000 per cent. £'000 £'000 per cent. £'000 £'000 per cent. £'000 per cent. Argyll and Clyde 141 161 0.16 185 202 0.20 1 1 — 23 0.20 Ayr and Arran 9 10 0.01 — — — 12 12 0.02 10 0.01 Borders 224 255 1.26 265 289 1.39 — — — — — Dumfries and Galloway — — — — — — — — — — — Fife — — — — — — — — — — — Grampian 2,035 2,321 1.90 2,182 2,383 1.90 2,583 2,661 2.10 3,151 2.39 Greater Glasgow 555 633 -0.17 666 727 0.19 1,557 1,604 0.42 1,994 0.52 Highland 109 124 0.24 116 127 0.24 122 126 0.24 31 0.05 Lanarkshire 264 301 0.27 195 213 0.18 — — — — — Lothian 4,657 5,311 2.36 5,830 6,368 2.79 3,706 3,818 1.68 6,347 2.65 Orkney 21 24 0.66 27 29 0.78 25 26 0.69 37 0.93 Shetland — — — 18 20 0.41 40 41 0.86 51 1.03 Tayside — — — — — — — — — — — Western Isles — — — — — — — — — — — Total 8,015 9,140 0.66 9,484 10,358 0.73 8,046 8,289 0.58 11,644 0.79 1 Includes staff supplied by private sector agencies, other casual staff not on NHS payrolls. University staff in teaching hospitals and payments to non NHS hospitals with contractual arrangements with health boards. 2 Using Gross Domestic Product Deflator. 3 Minimal percentage figures (ie too small to register as 0.01 per cent. have not been shown.