§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for the last year for which figures are available, the total and a breakdown for each health board, of(a) the number of general practice premises and (b) the amount directly reimbursed to unrestricted principals in general practice for the cost of providing premises under the rent and rates scheme; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 17 December 1987]: Information on the number of general practice premises is not held centrally. The information requested on the amount directly reimbursed to unrestricted principals in general practice for the cost of providing premises under the rent and rates scheme is as follows:
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Health board 1986–87 £ Argyll and Clyde 698,594 Ayrshire and Arran 439,215 Borders 205,656 Dumfries and Galloway 201,462 general practice and (b) the number of unrestricted principals in general practice who employ less than their full entitlement under the ancillary staff scheme of two whole-time equivalent ancillary staff; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answers 17 December 1987]: The average numbers of ancillary staff per unrestricted principal are given in the table:
Health board 1986–87 £ Fife 432,400 Forth Valley 319,913 Grampian 947,645 Greater Glasgow 1,346,205 Highland 414,668 Lanarkshire 868,997 Lothian 1,553,867 Orkney 16,876 Shetland 16,856 Tayside 593,877 Western Isles 59,768 Total 8,115,999