HC Deb 26 May 1988 vol 134 cc246-7W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the amount spent on mental illness in each health board for each year since 1979 at 1979 prices.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The table shows health boards' expenditure on mental illness in each year from 1981–82 to 1986–87. Information is not available for years before 1981–82.

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Lothian 18,965 18,602 18,301 17,974 17,704 18,950
Orkney3 11 16 15 15 16 17
Shetland 4 5 2 3 2 25
Tayside 11,470 9,534 9,519 10,226 9,723 9,060
Western Isles 38 21 38 42 48 n.a.
Total 4106,352 4102,350 101,781 102,744 101,695 5104,250
1 Measured using the GDP deflator.
2 Includes elderly with mental disability.
3 Includes mentally handicapped.
4 On a different basis from later years.
5 Excludes Western Isles.
n.a. Not available.

In the early years of the survey of expenditure, some anomalies in recording were present, which were subsequently corrected. These are noted in the footnotes.

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