HC Deb 28 January 1980 vol 977 cc513-4W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing, for each of the past five years, the amount of fees collected from private patients in National Health Ser-

SSHA East Kilbride Dev Corp Glenrothes Dev Corp Cumbernauld Dev Corp Livingston Dev Corp Irvine Dev Corp
No. of houses sold … … 8 144 298 456 15 Nil
No. of inquiries received … 4,434 2,084 1,105 2,100 318 337
No. of sales being negotiated … 2,088 486 151 192 60 21

vice establishments, the amount of these payments which are regarded as arrears and the amount which has been written off as bad debts.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The accounts which health boards submit to my Department do not distinguish between arrears and bad debts. The table below sets out the income from private patients and the amounts written off due to default on payments.

Financial year Income Amount written off
£ £
1974–75 538,633 609
1975–76 451,465 1,629
1976–77 484,289 426
1977–78 487,714 7,700
1978–79 466,875 3,507