HC Deb 03 December 1987 vol 123 c666W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest figures for the accumulated debt owed to Tayside health board by private patients since 1979.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Information is not available in the terms requested.

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many of the new full-time staff employed by the National Health Service in(a) the Tayside health board area and (b) the Dundee district authority area are filling vacancies: (i) left by retirement or other similar causes, and (ii) new posts;

(2) how many (i) doctors, (ii) nurses and (iii) other staff were involved in operations performed on National Health Service patients in (a) the Tayside health board area and (b) the Dundee district authority area in 1986; and what were the numbers performing similar operations in each year since 1974.

Mr. Forsyth

This information is not readily available, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.