HC Deb 10 November 1987 vol 122 c142W
Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what savings have accrued to each health board through efficiency schemes in each of the past three financial years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The savings achieved through efficiency schemes in 1985–86 and 1986–87, and the targets set for 1987–88, are as follows:

£ thousand
Health Board 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88
Argyll and Clyde 515 1,724 1,651
Ayrshire and Arran 805 1,137 1,209
Borders 144 221 353
Dumfries and Galloway 344 686 590
Fife 394 583 1,134
Forth Valley 421 957 1,083
Grampian 589 1,009 2,093
Greater Glasgow 1,670 9,725 5,998
Highland 334 658 861
Lanarkshire 1,570 1,488 1,881
Lothian 2,894 2,778 3,702
Orkney 38 57 64
Shetland 45 68 76
Tayside 1,274 1,999 2,135
Western Isles 48 108 118
Total 11,082 23,198 22,948