§ 109. Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the amount of overspending, expressed in figures and also as a percentage of the total expenditure, for each hospital management committee in the areas of the south-east and north-east regional hospital boards for the last complete financial year.
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§ Mr. NobleI am circulating below a table showing the boards of management which overspent on hospital revenue account in 1961–62. Four boards of management in the South-Eastern Region and three boards in the North-Eastern Region underspent in 1961–62. In Scotland as a whole there was a slight underspending.
South-Eastern Region Amount Overspent Overspending expressed as percentage of total expenditure £ Per cent. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 52,518 2.61 Edinburgh Central 8,020 1.29 Edinburgh Southern 16,112 3.34 Edinburgh Royal Victoria 11,492 1.96 Astley Ainslie and Associated Hospitals 11,489 2.90 West Fife 15,775 2.83 East Fife 16,583 1.80 Stratheden and Associated Hospitals 3,725 0.82 Gogarburn 2,022 0.85 East Lothian 1,620 0.37 Borders 503 0.10 North.Eastern Region Aberdeen Generals 1,315 0.08 Aberdeen Mentals 7,936 0.91 North Aberdeenshire 1,764 3.85 West Aberdeenshire 567 0.76 Lower Banffshire 591 0.23 Upper Banffshire 2,703 4.53 Moray Hospitals 120 0.05 Orkney Hospitals 144 0.17 Shetland Hospitals 479 0.44