§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give(a) the total money allocated to the Greater Glasgow health board for nurses' wages for the year 1988–89 and (b) the projected expenditure for 1988–89 for nurses' wages based on the actual regrading.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythGreater Glasgow health board has been given an additional £24.177 million, over and above its initial allocation for 1988–89 to meet the cost of 645W the pay awards to nurses and other staff covered by the review bodies. Information on the actual cost of nurses wages in 1988–89 for individual boards will not be available centrally until boards submit their annual accounts in June.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many agency nurses, in whole-time equivalents, have been used in the Greater Glasgow health board from 1 October 1988 to 31 December 1988.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is given in the table.
Greater Glasgow Health Board Agency Nurses W.T.E. 1988 October 96.73 November 105.39 December 114.73 Average for period 105.62