§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many community midwives are employed by each health board in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of community midwives—wholetime equivalent—employed at 30 September 1981, the latest date at which statistics are available, was:
Health Board Single Duty Double Duty Triple Duty Health Visitor/ Midwife District Nurse/Midwife Health Visitor/District Nurse/ Midwife Argyll and Clyde 15.0 1 53.8 2.0 Ayrshire and Arran 12.1 — 59.1 4.0 Borders — — 25.5 1.0 Dumfries and Galloway 3.7 5 25.4 14.0 Fife 2.7 — 11.0 — Forth Valley 2.0 — 77.7 — Grampian 12.1 1 61.7 20.6 Greater Glasgow 50.3 — 4.0 — Highland 7.4 — 93.9 37.7 Lanarkshire 9.0 — 77.0 1.0 Lothian 17.5 — 10.4 2.0 Orkney — — 7.0 8.0 Shetland — — 15.0 3.0 Tayside 11.0 — 28.1 20.0 Western Isles — — 39.8 — Scotland 142.8 7 589.4 113.3 Combined and triple duty nurses employed in the community spend varying amounts of time on midwifery duties.