HC Deb 21 July 1970 vol 804 cc90-1W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in which areas practitioners are paid the designated area allowance.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

At 1st July, 1970 the areas were as follows:

  • Beauly.
  • Bellshill.
  • Blackridge/Harthill/Salsburgh.
  • Burntisland/Kinghorn.
  • Cardenden
  • Coatbridge.
  • Cupar.
  • Dumfries.
  • Fauldhouse/Stoneyburn.
  • Grangemouth
  • Hamilton.
  • Kelty.
  • Kilsyth.
  • Larkhall.
  • Lochgelly.
  • Motherwell/Wishaw/Carfin.
  • Polmont/Brightons.

Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount paid to general practitioners through the Rural Practice Fund in the years 1964 to 1969; and what are the areas covered by this fund.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The Scottish Rural Practices Fund is distributed, in respect of eligible patients, to doctors practising in all National Health Service executive council areas, except in the four cities, in accordance with schemes drawn up by each executive council. The following amounts were paid in the financial years since 1964:

£
1964–65 … 470,054
1965–66 … 470,397
1966–67 … 481,794
1967–68 … 516,756
1968–69 … 517,177
1969–70 (provisional) … 555,513