HC Deb 08 December 1989 vol 163 c429W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the amount spent on advertising for each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information available from health boards' annual accounts about advertising costs is shown in the table:

Health board 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Argyll and Clyde 69,071 102,687 90,722
Ayrshire and Arran 63,175 71,459 98,574
Borders 26,753 36,331 49,516
Dumfries and Galloway 27,639 25,950 24,141
Fife 72,329 99,243 65,989
Forth Valley 39,570 50,248 48,293
Grampian 76,441 88,909 126,015
Greater Glasgow 81,158 153,086 227,574
Highland 39,160 49,565 45,111
Lanarkshire 56,500 55,872 68,742
Lothian 119,062 140,231 160,636
Orkney 2,847 1,848 3,559
Shetland 6,985 7,102 12,065
Tayside 74,563 79,968 83,774
Western Isles 17,852 21,956 18,282
Total 773,105 984,455 1,122,993

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