Mr. Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the cost to each of the Scottish area health boards of consultants' fees for engineering, architectural, surveying, heating and ventilating and structural engineering services.
§ Mr. Harry EwingA comprehensive professional advisory and executive service is provided by the Building Division of the Common Services Agency at no charge to health boards. The 1975–76 salaries bill was £1,957,789.
In addition, boards incurred consultants' fees for capital works as follows:
Health Boards Fees (£) Argyll and Clyde … … 611,667 Ayrshire and Arran … … 108,935 Borders … … 65,441 Dumfries and Galloway … … 62,757 Fife … … 61,706 Forth Valley … … 68,000 Grampian … … 194,345 Greater Glasgow … … 474,367 Highland … … 365,528 Lanarkshire … … 250,183 Lothian … … 432,824 Orkney … … Nil Shetland … … 3,795 Tayside … … 232,756 Western Isles … … 10,467 Total … £2,942,771 This information has been obtained from the accounts of health boards for 1975–76. A further breakdown of the figures could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.