§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors have been employed in Scotland by the National Health Service in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested by whole-time equivalent numbers is as follows:
Area 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 *1984–85 Highland 9 14 27 33 Lothian 304 580 726 884 Orkney — — — — Shetland — — — — Strathclyde 312 542 696 785 Tayside 118 233 323 386 Western Isles — — — — Scotland 790 1,450 1,900 2,260 *Provisional.