§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 17 June, if he will restate for each health board the total spending on mental health for each year since 1981 at constant 1981 prices.
Scottish health boards' expenditure on mental health1 (£'000 at 1981–82 prices2) 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Argyle and Clyde 17,037 16,895 17,095 16,992 16,926 17,141 Ayrshire and Arran 6,636 6,814 7,529 7,983 8,287 9,202 Borders 3,498 3,638 3,525 3,592 3,602 3,602 Dumfries and Galloway 6,798 6,872 7,246 7,642 7,370 7,437 Fife 11,110 11,501 12,293 13,013 13,949 14,613 Forth Valley 314,140 314,225 14,418 14,563 15,063 16,654 Grampian 19,250 19,104 19,120 19,483 19,860 20,218 Greater Glasgow 48,263 47,252 48,218 49,152 49,293 50,269 Highland 8,451 7,958 8,098 8,159 7,959 8,053 Lanarkshire 14,844 14,999 15,128 16,467 16,674 17,043 Lothian 30,847 30,481 29,617 29,688 29,296 30,383 Orkney4 11 16 15 15 16 17 Shetland 44 46 46 99 98 121 Tayside 21,698 21,486 21,484 21,728 21,314 21,317 Western Isles 38 21 38 42 48 n/a Total 3202,655 3201,308 203,870 208,618 209,755 5216,070 1 Mental health covers mental illness, care of the elderly with mental disability, and mental handicap. 2 Measured using the GDP deflator. 3 On a different basis from later years. 4 Excludes care of the elderly with mental disability. 5 Excludes Western Isles.