§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give the total cash allocation to each Scottish health board for each year from 1978–79, including projected allocations for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90;
(2) if he will give the total cash allocation to Scottish health boards for each year from 1978–79, including projected allocations for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer, 26 January 1988]: Health boards' final allocations for recurrent expenditure on hospital and community health services, for the years 1978–79 to 1987–88 inclusive, are shown in the table. The allocations for 1989–90 will not be determined until the early part of 1989 once the relevant population and other data are available.
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Health boards 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 (estimated) Lanarkshire 47,379 58,114 77,605 85,072 92,542 97,956 104,996 111,060 119,060 129,381 Lothian 98,543 119,359 154,874 172,268 186,705 195,184 207,852 218,430 235,556 253,551 Orkney 1,438 1,718 2,342 2,752 2,985 3,248 3,475 3,674 3,961 4,419 Shetland 1,701 2,203 2,987 3,389 3,849 3,990 4,341 4,523 4,807 5,237 Tayside 61,323 73,926 96,896 105,553 111,711 116,468 122,978 128,462 136,722 146,558 Western Isles 2,600 3,277 4,280 5,047 5,832 5,754 6,508 6,998 7,476 8,050 598,090 732,618 956,848 1,063,647 1,148,344 1,212,257 1,290,453 1,359,998 1,462,643 1,584,510