§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was collected within each health board area in patient charges by dentists in each financial year since 1989–90; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 16 February 1995]: The information requested is shown in the table. The figures have been taken from the annual accounts of the 15 Scottish health boards. No information can be provided for 1989–90 as, prior to 1990–91, expenditure figures were collected on a net basis only—that is, total expenditure less patient charges collected by dentists.
General dental services patients charges £000 Health board 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Argyll and Clyde 2,995 3,476 3,135 3,000 Ayr and Arran 2,632 3,051 2,596 2,480 Borders 778 948 962 971 Dumfries and Galloway 1,051 1,229 1,101 1,014 Fife 2,361 3,582 2,620 2,710 Forth Valley 1,939 2,255 2,246 2,285 Grampian 3,372 3,928 4,633 4,634 Greater Glasgow 6,316 7,181 6,691 6,698 Highland 1,431 2,366 1,750 1,589 Lanarkshire 3,320 3,817 3,493 3,551 Lothian 6,269 7,180 6,654 7,201 Orkney 81 101 112 115
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Average waiting periods in weeks Court 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Aberdeen 11 9 14 17 19 16 13 12 14 14 Airdrie 23 20 16 14 12 15 12 15 15 15 Alloa 17 16 20 12 13 10 11 8 10 9 Arbroath 11 17 14 14 11 13 12 12 12 12 Ayr 14 16 16 18 15 12 12 14 12 11 Banff 12 11 10 10 9 10 11 13 13 8 Campbeltown 8 11 12 12 13 9 6 8 8 10 Cupar 14 12 12 14 11 9 12 11 12 12 Dingwall 10 11 9 9 12 11 12 12 13 10 Dornoch 7 9 9 10 11 12 10 9 10 10 Dumbarton 17 18 23 27 19 19 16 11 10 11 Dumfries 20 24 21 18 13 9 13 11 12 12 Dundee 4 5 7 8 7 5 7 9 14 17 Dumfermline 15 14 16 12 8 10 9 7 14 12 Dunoon 22 19 12 12 12 14 12 13 10 12 Duns 6 5 6 5 7 9 9 9 10 10 Edinburgh 8 10 16 18 20 19 17 12 10 11 Elgin 13 13 9 8 9 8 8 10 8 9 Falkirk 22 16 13 9 11 12 8 15 17 12 Forfar 14 16 13 9 10 8 8 7 9 10 Fort William 9 10 11 16 11 10 10 12 15 12 Glasgow 15 12 14 16 12 13 13 17 22 26 Greenock 26 19 13 16 17 13 13 10 10 13 Haddington 18 13 10 35 8 11 12 16 15 13 Hamilton 24 26 26 16 14 22 23 17 15 15 Inverness 12 12 13 9 13 11 10 12 11 12 Jedburgh 8 4 9 6 8 10 10 9 11 11 Kilmarnock 12 15 17 18 14 13 13 12 10 12 Kirkcaldy 10 13 10 9 12 12 9 12 12 12 Kirkcudbright 13 14 12 14 10 11 11 12 11 10 Kirkwall 8 7 8 9 8 9 10 9 8 8 Lanark 17 16 10 8 10 10 11 12 12 11 Lerwick 7 10 5 9 13 11 12 8 7 8 Linlithgow 9 12 11 11 9 15 18 16 16 21 Lochmaddy 10 15 10 10 9 10 9 12 13 8 Oban 9 9 11 10 13 13 10 12 11 12 Paisley 22 29 26 21 19 15 12 13 14 16 Peebles 9 9 8 10 9 10 8 12 11 11 Perth 14 12 13 11 7 8 11 13 10 11
General dental services patients charges £000 Health board 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Shetland 61 102 153 177 Tayside 3,314 3,718 3,637 3,905 Western Isles 94 140 134 118 Total 36,014 43,074 39,917 40,448
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the gross expenditure on general dental services in each health board area in Scotland in the financial year 1989–90; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 16 February 1995]: Gross expenditure figures for the year 1989–90 are not held centrally. However, net expenditure figures are available. These were provided to the hon. Member in my answer to him of 26 January 1995, Official Report, column 347–48.