HC Deb 08 November 1995 vol 265 cc1011-2W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those health boards which have been required to provide additional funds to trusts in their areas due to financial difficulties in those trusts for the year 1994–95 and for the current year. [42137]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and arrange for a signed copy of the letter to be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the underspend for each health board(a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of their total budget for each of the past three years. [42145]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The underspend for each health board(a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of their total allocated budget for each of the past three financial years, is shown in the table. The figures are based on health board accounts and those for 1994–95 are provisional.

Health board Under/over spend £000 Percentage of total budget
1994–95
Argyll and Clyde 85 0.03
Ayr and Arran 828 0.42
Borders 816 1.18
Dumfries and Galloway 1,453 1.59
Fife 1,197 0.64
Forth Valley 1,313 0.89
Grampian 1,373 0.48
Greater Glasgow 9,880 1.65
Highland 971 0.78
Lanarkshire 1,272 0.47
Lothian 3,057 0.70
Orkney (2) (0.01)
Shetland 106 0.64
Tayside 845 0.34
Western Isles 201 0.71
Scotland total 23,395 0.79
1993–94
Argyll and Clyde 525 0.22
Ayr and Arran 632 0.34
Borders 595 0.97
Dumfries and Galloway 874 1.01
Fife 959 0.53
Forth Valley 247 0.17
Grampian (4) (0.00)
Greater Glasgow 3,082 0.50
Highland 848 0.73
Lanarkshire 31 0.01
Lothian 72 0.02
Orkney 58 0.44
Shetland (11) (0.07)
Tayside 323 0.13
Western Isles (26) (0.10)
Scotland total 8,205 0.28
1992–93
Argyll and Clyde (28) (0.01)
Ayr and Arran 751 0.42
Borders 289 0.50
Dumfries and Galloway 724 0.88
Fife 1,663 0.99
Forth Valley 68 0.05
Grampian 39 0.01
Greater Glasgow 3,292 0.54
Highland 790 0.66
Lanarkshire 810 0.32
Lothian 833 0.20
Orkney 232 1.83
Shetland 152 8.01
Tayside 91 0.04
Western Isles 385 1.63
Scotland total 10,091 0.39