§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report, hospital expenditure per head for each of the regional health authorities in Scotland for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 30 January 1990]: The information is as follows:
1986, in the immediate aftermath of Operation Corporate when operational needs were of the highest priority and proper accounting systems had not been installed.
The lack of accounting controls at that time meant that, although there was no evidence either way, the possibility of fraud or misappropriation could not be entirely discounted. However, full stores accounting procedures and systems are now in operation and all vehicles and plant in theatre are, therefore, properly controlled and documented.
§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the estimated sum lost by failure to make adequate charges for the use of support elements at a military establishment outlined in the "Losses Statement of the Appropriations Account 1988–89, Class I, Vote 1".
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe sum noted in the appropriation account 1988–89 is in respect of estimated losses in revenue arising from low charges levied on non-Ministry of Defence students attending courses at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham in the period August 1984 to July 1988. The sum represents a proportion of the military overheads of the establishment in that period, provision for which was omitted from 315W course price calculations following the contracting out of the academic and academic support task to Cranfield institute of technology in August 1984. A staged increase in course prices has been carried out in order to bring them up to the correct levels and this has been reached in the majority of cases. We anticipate that the remaining courses will reach correct price levels in the next two to three years.