§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each financial year since 1983–84 the amount spent by each health board on consultancy fees at 1983–84 constant prices.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information available from the annual accounts of health boards relates to the total of 215W fees paid by health boards to management consultants, legal firms, other than for legal expenses connected with compensation claims, and to work study consultants. The
£ at 1983–84 prices 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1 1988–89 Argyll and Clyde 2,839 861 19,255 48,086 16,300 53,100 Ayrshire and Arran — 8,159 30,329 6,161 7,475 24,897 Borders 1,537 748 12,585 1,763 4,546 12,076 Dumfries and Galloway — — 4,395 2,447 31,567 47,536 Fife 16,464 20,503 11,195 22,142 28,814 47,964 Forth Valley 755 3,026 20,690 22,976 36,805 52,487 Grampian 6,490 1,553 13,880 81,716 138,589 33,039 Greater Glasgow — 6,293 3,462 2 —1,081 40,725 199,630 Highland — 424 2,626 16,754 10,789 82,311 Lanarkshire — 3,835 113 — 2,495 20,618 Lothian 2,912 1,575 12,573 72,994 71,566 134,089 Orkney 460 — 1,479 564 1,499 13,579 Shetland 72 1,164 1,196 1,260 1,499 4,194 Tayside — — 55 223 50,293 11,436 Western Isles 2,000 — 13 1,939 9,238 22,142 Totals 33,529 48,141 133,846 277,944 452,200 759,098 1 Provisional. 2 Net of credits.