§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many general practitioner practices there were in(a) each constituency in Scotland, (b) each region of Scotland and (c) Scotland as a whole in each year from 1990 to 1996; and if he will make a statement. [15891]
Number of general medical practitioner practices by health board in Scotland: at 1 October 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 11996 Scotland 1,102 1,090 1,082 1,077 1,079 1,074 1,066 Argyll and Clyde 108 107 106 105 105 105 103 Ayrshire and Arran 66 66 64 64 63 64 64 Borders 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 Dumfries and Galloway 36 35 35 36 36 36 36 Fife 62 62 61 61 63 63 62 Forth Valley 55 55 56 55 55 54 55 Grampian 93 91 90 90 89 89 90 Greater Glasgow 229 227 225 223 223 223 220 Highland 75 74 75 75 75 75 75 Lanarkshire 92 91 92 92 93 93 95 Lothian 139 136 137 136 136 132 128 Orkney 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Shetland 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Tayside 83 82 77 77 78 77 75 Western Isles 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 1 Provisional.