HC Deb 08 March 1976 vol 907 cc63-4W
Mr. Cormack

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants were employed within his Department on 31st December 1975; how many of these worked in London and how many in the provinces; what was the total annual cost of employing them in 1975; and how this compared with the annual wages and salaries bill for 1974.

Mr. William Ross

On 1st January 1976, the nearest convenient date, there were 10,671 staff in post in my Department of whom 69 worked in London and the balance in Scotland. Of that 10,671, 2,653 were in the Scottish Prison Service and the State Hospital, Carstairs, all employed in Scotland. Costs for calendar years cannot be supplied. The estimates of staff salaries, travelling and subsistence and other general expenses for 1975–76 published in the Supply Estimates

Number of staffed beds Ratio of beds per million population served
Grampian Health Board:
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary … … 24 36
Tayside Health Board:
Dundee Royal Infirmary … … 27 67*
Stracathro Hospital … … 12 30*
Lothian Health Board:
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh … … 48 40*
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary … … 20 17*
Greater Glasgow Health Board:
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow … … 67 24
* Related to same population.

Dr. M. S. Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number and the location of units for neurosurgical treatment in Scotland.

Mr. William Ross

There are six hospitals in Scotland where beds are designated for neurosurgical treatment. They are located in Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh Royal Infirmaries; Stracathro Hospital, Brechin; the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; and the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.

Dr. M. S. Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish: (1) the amount of money allocated for neurosurgery in each centre in Scotland, (2) the proportion of the total allocation this constitutes in each centre and (3) the proportion of the allocation which has 1975–76 and Supplementaries to the Supply Estimates 1975–76 total £48,951,000, net of Appropriations in Aid. Comparable costs for 1974–75 were £34,676,000.