HC Deb 26 July 1990 vol 177 cc582-3W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is, for each year since 1975, the total amount of public funding in (1) roads, (2) railways and (3) airports in Scotland in 1990 moneys.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 12 July 1990]: The information held centrally is given in the table.

I shall write to the hon. Member when the figures for British Rail's direct expenditure in Scotland become available.

individual boards in those years and (c) the actual expenditure for support finance by individual boards for those years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Indicative levels were last set centrally for 1988–89. Health boards were asked to set their own targets for 1989–90 and 1990–91. The available information is given in the table:

£ million
Health board 1988–89 Indicative levels 1988–89 Payments 1989–90 Health board expenditure target 1989–90 Payments (provisional) 1990–91 Health board expenditure target (provisional)
Argyll and Clyde 0.308 0.085 0.100 0.159 0.100
Ayrshire and Arran 0.257 0.315 0.505 0.568 0.402
Borders 0.149 0.086 0.041 0.062 0.032
Dumfries and Galloway 0.180 0.168 0.132 0.133 0.120
Fife 0.285 0.534 0.578 0.712 0.561
Forth Valley 0.221 0.259 0.523 0.421 0.585
Grampian 0.511 0.652 0.662 0.664 0.665
Greater Glasgow 0.897 1.224 2.014 0.917 1
Highland 0.510 0.377 0.242 0.242 0.148
Lanarkshire 0.402 0.120 0.060 0.125 0.186
Lothian 0.509 0.651 0.712 0.959 0.710
Orkney 0.015 0.001 0.020 0.020
Shetland 0.017 0.017 0.017 0.016 0.018
Tayside 0.361 0.337 0.364 0.314 0.260
Western Isles 0.103 0.075 0.027 0.030 0.075
TOTAL 4.725 4.901 5.997 5.322 3.882
1 Not available.

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