§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the total population for each health board area and the number of places in psychiatric hospitals for each area.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe information is set out in the table below:
Health Board Population (000's)* Beds in Psychiatric Hospitals† Argyll and Clyde … 459 1,132 Ayrshire and Arran … 374 653 Borders … 99 345 Dumfries and Galloway … 144 1,009 Fife … 336 772 Forth Valley … 269 1,078 Grampian … 449 1,771 Greater Glasgow … 1,106 3,836 Highland … 182 982 Lanarkshire … 565 1,802 Lothian … 754 2,455 Orkney … 18 — Shetland … 18 — Tayside … 402 1,885 Western Isles … 30 — Scotland … 5,206 17,720 * Estimated home population at 30th June 1975. † Average available staffed beds in mental illness hospitals in half-year ended 30th September 1975.