HC Deb 28 July 1989 vol 157 cc965-6W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board for 1988–89, the amount allocated for nurses' salaries and the amount subsequently spent.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Initial revenue allocations to health boards do not separately identify provision for salaries. Total expenditure on nurses' salaries are shown in the following table:

Health Board 1 Expenditure £ million
Argyll and Clyde 54.966
Ayrshire and Arran 39.423
Borders 13.459
Dumfries and Galloway 21.722
Fife 39.744
Forth Valley 39.433
Grampian 68.392
Greater Glasgow 174.308
Highland 30.622
Lanarkshire 61.555
Lothian 111.384

Health Board 1 Expenditure £ million
Orkney 2.555
Shetland 2.903
Tayside 67.829
Western Isles 3.992
1 Provisional

Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board for 1988–89, the amount allocated for salaries for doctors, dentists and nurses, and the amount subsequently spent on these groups.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Initial revenue allocations to health boards do not separately identify provision for salaries, Total expenditure on salaries for doctors, dentists and nurses are shown in the following table:

Health board 1 Expenditure £ million
Argyll and Clyde 67.567
Aryshire and Arran 49.213
Borders 16.250
Dumfries and Galloway 26.224
Fife 48.257
Forth Valley 46.885
Grampian 86.488
Greater Glasgow 230.355
Highland 38.146
Lanarkshire 77.323
Lothian 147.550
Orkney 2.936
Shetland 3.352
Tayside 86.233
Western Isles 4.821
1 Provisional.