HC Deb 11 April 1984 vol 58 cc272-3W
Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of nursing staff employed in each health board area per 100,000 of population; and what is the comparable figure for Scotland.

Mr. John MacKay

The statistics are as follows:

Nursing Staff (whole-time equivalent) per 100,000 of population
Number
Argyll and Clyde 1,010
Ayrshire and Arran 871
Borders 996
Dumfries and Galloway 1,253
Fife 951
Forth Valley 1,189
Grampian 1,156
Greater Glasgow 1,551
Highland 1,158
Lanarkshire 926
Lothian 1,295

Number
Orkney 1,010
Shetland 821
Tayside 1,498
Western Isles 839
All Scotland 1,207

Note: Based on estimated population at 30 June 1982 and provisional staffing data at 30 September 1983.

Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many full-time equivalent nursing staff are in employment in each Scottish health board area; and what are the comparable figures for each year since 1980.

Mr. John MacKay

The statistics are as follows:

Nursing Staff (whole.time equivalent) at 30 September
Health Board 1980 1981 1982 *1983
Argyll & Clyde 4,469.7 4,525.3 4,514.2 4,574.6
Ayrshire & Arran 2,742.5 2,854.2 2,977.3 3,281.8
Borders 876.1 939.9 990.3 1,005.1
Dumfries & Galloway 1,677.5 1,751.2 1,792.0 1,825.3
Fife 2,865.6 3,039.7 3,188.4 3,250.4
Forth Valley 3,037.6 3,097.0 3,170.7 3,247.6

Financial Years
£ million
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology 4.091 5.238 6.073 6.495 9.548 10.545
Paisley College of Technology 4.105 4.264 6.315 7.627 7.919 8.438
Dundee College of Technology 2.313 2.837 3.509 4.632 5.070 5.297
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 1.578 2.003 2.225 2.242 2.666 2.885
Edinburgh College of Art 1.597 1.998 2.404 2.571 2.854 3.263
Glasgow School of Art 2.058 1.941 2.303 2.354 2.943 2.905
Queen Margaret College 1.457 2.073 2.382 3.101 3.591 3.380
Queen's College Glasgow 1.047 1.355 1.701 1.911 2.309 2.611
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 0.675 0.859 1.512 1.261 1.706 2.801
Leith Nautical College 1.224 1.361 1.508 1.509 1.619 1.720
Scottish College of Textiles 0.726 0.988 1.609 1.914 1.572 2.054

Grants allocated to the central institutions are not subdivided between funding for undergraduate and other (e.g. non-advanced and postgraduate) students. It would be misleading therefore to express the allocation in terms of undergraduate students only.

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