HC Deb 17 June 1988 vol 135 cc328-9W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the total spending on mental health for each year since 1979.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The table shows health boards' expenditure on mental health in each year from 1981–82 to 1986–87. Information is not available for years before 1981–82.

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Dumfries and Galloway 6,798 7,361 8,127 8,949 9,146 9,531
Fife 11,100 12,320 13,787 15,240 17,311 18,727
Forth Valley 214,140 215,238 16,171 17,055 18,694 21,343
Grampian 19,250 20,464 21,444 22,816 24,647 25,910
Greater Glasgow 48,263 50,615 54,080 57,562 61,175 64,423
Highland 8,451 8,524 9,083 9,555 9,877 10,320
Lanarkshire 14,844 16,067 16,967 19,284 20,693 21,842
Lothian 30,847 32,651 33,218 34,768 36,358 38,938
Orkney3 11 17 17 18 20 22
Shetland 44 49 52 116 122 155
Tayside 21,698 23,015 24,096 25,446 26,452 27,319
Western Isles 38 22 43 49 60 n.a.
Total 2202,655 2215,637 228,655 244,313 260,315 4276,906
1 Mental Health covers Mental Illness, Care of the Elderly with Mental Disability, and Mental Handicap.
2 On a different basis from later years.
3 Excludes Care of the Elderly with Mental Disability.
4 Excludes Western Isles.
n.a.—Not available.

Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the spending on mental handicap for each year since 1979.

Scottish health boards' expenditure on mental handicap
£ thousands
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Argyll and Clyde 3,107 3,273 3,317 3,619 3,780 3,801
Ayrshire and Arran 856 1,011 1,104 1,162 1,295 1,522
Borders 662 743 795 781 729 697
Dumfries and Galloway 282 338 600 1,237 1,084 932
Fife 4,527 4,953 5,493 5,510 5,800 6,052
Forth Valley 7,239 7,944 8,379 8,944 9,833 10,866
Grampian 5,307 5,770 6,107 6,520 6,956 7,216
Greater Glasgow 9,548 9,997 10,417 10,835 11,628 12,901
Highland 2,275 2,382 2,610 2,702 2,704 2,861
Lanarkshire 3,987 4,340 4,557 5,374 5,931 6,421
Lothian 7,329 7,504 8,046 8,976 9,458 8,405
Orkney1
Shetland 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tayside 5,022 5,187 5,619 5,864 6,152 6,430
Western Isles 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Total 50,142 53,443 57,045 61,525 65,351 268,105
1 Expenditure on mental handicap is included in returns of expenditure on mental illness.
2 Excludes Western Isles.
n/a = Not available.

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