§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the most recent figures for the distribution of health expenditure for each Scottish region expressed in per capita terms and categorised according to (a) hospital services expenditure, (b) community health and family practitioners' services expenditure and (c) total expenditure.
§ Mr. John MacKayGross expenditure per capita by the Scottish health boards for the year to 31 March 1983, and in the categories requested, is set out in the following table.
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Health Board Hospital Services Community Health and Family Practitioner Services Administration and Related Services Total £ £ £ £ Borders 140.78 78.38 11.49 230.65 Dumfries and Galloway 178.36 77.51 12.25 268.12 Fife 134.79 71.27 9.10 215.16 Forth Valley 169.62 74.58 9.02 253.22 Grampian 180.60 70.43 13.45 264.48 Greater Glasgow 284.77 77.97 15.01 377.75 Highland 176.52 87.19 17.79 281.50 Lanarkshire 143.59 72.18 9.39 225.16 Lothian 225.25 76.25 14.59 316.09 Orkney 113.86 99.31 14.18 227.35 Shetland 112.59 92.27 15.61 220.47 Tayside 255.95 75.70 15.21 346.86 Western Isles 140.94 93.30 17.53 251.77 These figures do not include expenditure on support services provided by the Common Services Agency and on centrally funded services which together amounted to £16.71 per capita in Scotland as a whole; and expenditure on the main capital programme, which amounted to £11.18 per capita.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the percentage of gross domestic product spent on the National Health Service in Scotland; and what information he has as to how this compares with other European Economic Community countries, the United States of America and Canada.
§ Mr. John MacKayI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.