§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will(a) list the number of staff in whole-time equivalents in each main category of staff for whom general practitioners are entitled to claim reimbursement for part of their salaries under the ancillary staff scheme, (b) give the average cost per whole-time equivalent of the reimbursement to unrestricted principals in general practice for each category of staff and (c) give the breakdown of these figures for each health board; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 17 December 1987]: The information on the numbers of staff in whole-time equivalents for whom general practitioners are
Number of staff for whom reimbursement may be claimed: 1 April 1987 whole-time equivalents Secretary Other Administration Staff Receptionist Secretary Receptionist Dispenser Nurse Combination Total Health Board Argyll and Clyde 19.3 — 191.8 21.2 — 12.4 27.2 271.9 Ayrshire and Arran 49.7 — 80.9 91.5 0.3 17.4 9.7 249.5 Borders 14.4 — 26.9 11.9 — 0.1 3.4 56.7 Dumfries and Galloway 11.1 — 48.0 35.9 0.5 2.2 1.4 99.1 Fife 14.7 — 97.1 90.2 — 13.2 28.4 243.6 Forth Valley 33.5 — 69.9 59.1 0.4 5.0 2.8 170.7 Greater Glasgow 41.7 — 458.1 111.5 — 22.9 61.4 695.6 Grampian 32.8 — 105.6 123.6 0.8 23.6 60.3 346.7 Highland 22.6 — 43.8 52.6 — 16.8 21.8 157.6 Lanarkshire 15.1 8.5 239.0 34.7 — 16.5 27.2 341.0 Lothian 96.6 — 251.7 161.5 — 21.0 4.3 535.1 Orkney 1.3 — — 9.8 — — 3.8 14.9 Shetland — — — 3.9 — — 12.6 16.5 Tayside 36.9 — 97.2 56.6 1.0 16.0 23.0 230.7 Western Isles 7.4 — 6.0 5.1 0.4 3.4 5.3 27.6 Scotland 397.1 8.5 1,716.0 869.1 3.4 170.5 292.6 3,457.2
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each year since 1979, the total health board expenditure(a) under the ancillary staff
(a) Ancillary staff scheme £ at 1986–87 prices Health Board 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Ayrshire and Arran 639,534 693,069 757,359 791,997 887,968 922,393 997,921 1,124,943 Borders 172,054 187,116 195,475 204,419 237,548 247,009 239,329 288,554 Argyll and Clyde 708,706 804,783 904,756 1,020,779 1,071,999 1,119,152 1,168,090 1,344,223 Fife 702,763 658,641 729,856 714,109 792,665 903,366 916,111 1,006,266 Greater Glasgow 1,764,299 1,850,283 1,966,220 2,144,672 2,314,645 2,384,467 2,576,264 2,707,014 Highland 372,907 404,411 466,792 514,939 571,649 595,277 651,584 842,960 Lanarkshire 817,527 937,852 966,472 1,024,439 1,087,768 1,154,300 1,150,077 1,397,020 Grampian 885,746 1,016,912 1,087,069 1,094,927 1,222,123 1,319,725 1,374,470 1,656,646 Orkney 49,419 48,096 52,638 57,764 58,144 62,967 68,680 67,577 Lothian 1,571,116 1,757,196 1,793,327 1,859,997 1,998,926 2,129,490 2,158,528 2,693,024 Tayside 822,069 937,422 957,375 990,157 1,043,624 1,110,477 1,110,763 1,243,934 Forth Valley 464,315 512,429 548,657 599,917 675,847 711,814 733,486 814,110 Western Isles 62,922 66,905 85,889 98,574 104,934 117,058 124,256 168,810 Dumfries and Galloway 258,294 283,014 320,378 333,857 363,967 374,838 383,870 487,884 Shetland 41,040 44,273 62,597 61,612 64,635 62,271 72,005 77,605 Totals 9,332,711 10,202,402 10,894,860 11,512,159 12,496,442 13,214,604 13,725,434 15,930,570 162W
(b) Rent and rate scheme £ at 1986–87 prices Health Board 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Ayrshire and Arran 236,099 242,158 268,633 321,539 326,154 318,609 389,700 439,215 Borders 87,567 86,413 101,242 106,202 159,872 185,529 188,452 205,656 Argyll and Clyde 408,641 415,897 496,268 574,190 591,968 587,624 596,550 698,594 Fife 277,658 303,101 299,735 383,299 438,146 386,865 408,767 432,400 Greater Glasgow 717,708 770,276 852,966 1,007,801 1,182,155 1,232,859 1,254,502 1,346,205 Highland 245,669 278,927 305,532 329,789 393,546 383,257 389,632 414,668 Lanarkshire 349,445 445,490 558,094 672,548 668,374 750,548 739,417 868,997 Grampian 563,755 620,114 656,648 686,862 784,309 862,412 864,805 947,645 Orkney 14,335 12,612 12,555 14,779 17,937 15,912 15,939 16,876 Lothian 582,146 762,297 914,917 886,850 999,810 1,173,327 1,264,583 1,553,867 entitled to claim reimbursement under the ancillary staff scheme is set out in the table. Information on costs is not held centrally.
scheme and (b) on providing premises under the rent and rate scheme, with an indication of the costs adjusted for general price inflation, in each health board in Scotland.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 17 December 1987]: The information is set out in the tables:
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Health Board 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Tayside 345,289 384,672 421,703 473,035 537,190 544,187 549,953 593,877 Forth Valley 167,215 176,384 182,292 220,230 246,227 249,283 259,391 319,913 Western Isles 33,689 36,840 51,038 52,264 52,471 51,228 69,489 59,768 Dumfries and Galloway 82,692 99,854 108,610 117,988 138,873 141,738 160,613 201,462 Shetland 5,705 10,993 21,321 20,809 18,206 14,659 16,217 16,856 Totals 4,117,613 4,646,028 5,251,554 5,868,185 6,555,238 6,898,037 7,168,010 8,115,999
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give, for each year since 1979, the average number of whole-time equivalent ancillary staff employed per unrestricted principal in general practice, for each health board in Scotland;
(2) if he will give the total, and a breakdown for each health board, for the last full year for which figures are available, of (a) the average number of whole-time equivalent ancillary staff per unrestricted principal in
Average number of ancillary staff employed per unrestricted principal whole-time equivalent 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Argyll and Clyde 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 Ayrshire and Arran 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 Borders 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Dumfries and Galloway 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 Fife 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 Forth Valley 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 Grampian 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 Greater Glasgow 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.0 Highland 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Lanarkshire 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 Lothian 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Orkney 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 Shetland 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 Tayside 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 Western Isles 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 Scotland 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 Information on the numbers of unrestricted principals employing less than their full entitlement of ancillary staff is not held centrally.