§ Sir Hector MonroTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what financial allocations he has made to health boards for 1988–89.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI have allocated £1,661 million1 to health boards to meet their gross recurrent expenditure commitments on hospitals and community health services in 1988–89. After expected income is taken into account, the net cash limited allocations to individual health boards are as follows:
Recurrent expenditure (net) Health board £ million Argyll and Clyde 118.305 Ayrshire and Arran 88.548 Borders 25.675 Dumfries and Galloway 42.528 Fife 82.835 Forth Valley 77.570 Grampian 152.266 Greater Glasgow 430.705 Highland 62.292 Lanarkshire 136.332 Lothian 266.427 Orkney 4.667 Shetland 5.724 Tayside 153.124 Western Isles 8.517 1,655.515 1 Includes £19.06 million allocated for specific commitments including national cardiac surgery services, lithotripsy and AIDS.