§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women in 1986–87 in Scotland were admitted to National Health Service maternity units in each health board area.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 8 March 1988]: Information for 1986–87 is not yet available in precisely the form requested but the numbers of women discharged from specialist obstetric and GP obstetric beds in the year ending 31 March 1987 are set out in the table:
Specialist obstetric GP obstetric Total Argyll and Clyde 8,152 850 9,002 Ayrshire and Arran 8,838 1,626 10,464 Borders — 938 938 Dumfries and Galloway 2,793 379 3,172 Fife 5,739 51 5,790 Forth Valley 5,284 — 5,284 Grampian 7,028 3,065 10,093 Greater Glasgow 22,963 — 22,963 Highland 4,324 341 4,665 Lanarkshire 8,197 — 8,197 Lothian 15,010 — 15,010 Orkney — 256 256 Shetland — 330 330 Tayside 8,028 1,181 9,209 Western Isles 295 50 345 Scotland 96,651 9,067 105,718