HC Deb 24 November 1987 vol 123 cc140-1W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for the last available year(a) the total cost of domiciliary consultations in the National Health Service and (b) the number of each specialty, with cost.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 23 November 1987]Fees amounting to £1.392 million were paid in respect of such consultations in 1986–87. Other costs such as travel are not separately identifiable. I regret that information on the number of such consultations and the costs for each specialty is not available.

Number of sheep monitored between 1 September 1986 and 31 October 1987
1986
September October November December
SM1 LM2 SM LM SM LM SM LM
Borders 1 7 1 6
Central 1 11 2 5
Dumfries and Galloway 1 279 8 104 3 20 3 17
Fife 2 8 1 7
Grampian 1 7 3 4
Highlands 10 36 3 4
Lothian 1 4 1 4
Orkney 2 7 3 5
Shetland 5 7
Strathclyde 3 44 11 2 6
Tayside 5 10 2 4
Western Isles 11 2 5
Scotland monthly total 22 323 101 140 23 20 53 17
1 SM Slaughterhouse Monitoring.
2 LM Live Monitoring.

1987—January to May
January February March April May
1SM 2LM SM LM SM LM SM LM SM LM
Borders 4 3461 8 3112 6 1 3 40
Central 3 4 5 2 2
Dumfries and Galloway 3513 2 3395 2 10 240
14
Fife 5 3 4 5 2
Grampian 4 4 4 5 1
Highland 4 4 4 5 2
Lothian 1 2 2 1
Orkney 4 4 3 5 3
Shetland
Strathclyde 3 3281 4 3130 4 5 1
Tayside 4 4 4 1 2
Western Isles 3 1
Scotland monthly total 35 1,269 39 637 38 30 27 280
1SM Slaughterhouse Monitoring.
2LM Live Monitoring.
3 Marked sheep.

1987—June to October
June July August September October
1 SM 2LM SM LM SM LM SM LM SM LM
Borders 1 3 1
Central 80 2 230 3 42,034 2 41,538 4759
160 150 3115
Dumfries and Galloway 809 2 4138 4612 5 41,747 4328
170 3 44 3180 3939
150 146 153
Fife 40 1 4
Grampian 100 2 1
Highland 330 1 3 1 1
Lothian 40 1 2
Orkney 80 2 3
Shetland 2 4
Strathclyde 547 801 2 41,688 4 44,967 35 41,023
270 3474 3936
35 337