§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the amount of underspend or 229W overspend on the National Health Service in Scotland with respect to allocated budgets in each financial year since 1979–80.
§ Mr. John MacKay:The information requested is as follows:
Total Allocations to Health Boards and the Common Services Agency Underspend £ million £ million percentage 1979–80 788.6 0.6 0.08 1980–81 1025.1 2.7 0.20 1981–80* 1141.9 5.5 0.48 *Provisional