HC Deb 13 March 1986 vol 93 cc550-1W
Mrs. McCurley

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what financial allocations he has made to health boards for 1986–87.

Mr. Rifkind

I have allocated £1,445 million to health boards to meet their gross recurrent expenditure commitments on hospitals and community health services in 1986–87, and a gross amount of £37 million for their ordinary capital programmes. After expected income is taken into account, the net cash limited allocations to individual health boards are as follows:

Health board Recurrent expenditure (net) £ million Ordinary capital programme (net) £ million Total £ million
Fife 70.721 2.030 72.751
Forth Valley 67.638 1.720 69.358
Grampian 129.102 3.130 132.232
Greater Glasgow 380.323 6.890 387.213
Highland 53.408 1.300 54.708
Lanarkshire 118.058 3.640 121.698
Lothian 232.075 5.280 237.355
Orkney 3.991 0.130 4.121
Shetland 4.789 0.160 4.949
Tayside 134.218 2.990 137.208
Western Isles 7.440 0.210 7.650
TOTAL *l,439.996 33.950 1,473.946

* Includes £13.5 million allocated for specific commitments.

In addition to these sums I shall be allocating a further £20 million to health boards specifically for the improvement and upgrading of the NHS estate.