§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the amount of money which health boards were required to find from their own resources to meet centrally agreed pay awards from 1979 to 1989, by health board, on an annual basis.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe amounts included in health board revenue allocations to meet the cost of pay and salaries are not separately identified. However additional resources have been made available towards the cost of pay review body awards.
§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the amount of money which has accrued to individual health boards from the sale of hospital land and buildings; and if he will make a statement on how this money is treated for the hospital board's capital allocation.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythDetails of the receipts for NHS property sales retained by health boards are as follows:
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Health Board 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 £ £ £ Argyll and Clyde 749,664 1,352,562 3,079,594 Ayrshire and Arran 115,324 49,530 5,814,154 Borders 94,091 832,197 753,430 Dumfries and Galloway 172,272 213,761 500 Fife 283,559 619,124 247,756 Forth Valley 429,108 659,414 577,385 Grampian 507,060 719,537 712,196 Greater Glasgow 1,633,038 1,398,410 6,061,349 Highland 556,902 560,331 690,557 Lanarkshire 194,665 153,050 380,532 Lothian 1,018,969 2,033,405 1,870,490 Orkney 23,475 90,826 51,500 Shetland 55,099 79,152 21,900 Tayside 581,126 1,163,484 637,291 Western Isles — — — Total receipts retained by boards 6,414,359 9,924,788 20,898,639 Since November1988, boards have retained the total proceeds from the disposal of land and property and will continue to do so until March 1991. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Eastwood (Mr. Stewart) on 11 November 1988 at column 345. These arrangements replaced the previous rules allowing boards to retain only the first £250,000 proceeds of a single sale; the remainder was distributed to all the health boards.
Capital allocations to boards have regard to their expected income from capital receipts.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current total of psychogeriatric beds available in each Scottish health board area; and what are the relevant Scottish health authorities revenue equalisation targets.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 25 April 1990]: The average numbers of available staffed beds in the psychogeriatric specialty in NHS hospitals in Scotland are set out in the table. Targets are a matter for individual health boards; the service has top priority among the SHARPEN recommendations which the Government have accepted.
Health board Average available staffed beds1 Argyll and Clyde 529 Ayrshire and Arran 411 Borders 162 Dumfries and Galloway 211 Fife 528 Forth Valley 390 Grampian 635 Greater Glasgow 711 Highland 11 Lanarkshire 741 Lothian 1024 Orkney — Shetland — Tayside 609 Western Isles — Scotland 5,963 1 Year ending 30 September 1989.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total amount of development510W funds allocated to each Scottish health board for the next financial year; and if he will detail allowances made for the current rate of inflation.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 25 April 1990]: The percentage increase in the 1990–91 gross revenue allocation over the 1989–90 gross revenue allocation for each health board in Scotland was as follows:
Health board Percentage Increase Argyll and Clyde 8.10 Ayrshire and Arran 8.88 Borders 10.13 Dumfries and Galloway 9.72 Fife 8. Forth Valley 8.24 Grampian 8.09 Greater Glasgow 5.86 Highland 8.40 Lanarkshire 8.21 Lothian 7.94 Orkney 9.73 Shetland 9.66 Tayside 7.75 Western Isles 7.46 Further sums totalling 1.54 per cent. of the all Scotland 1989–90 allocations mainly representing resources for systems implementation, and breast cancer screening, will be allocated in the course of the year.
Resources released by cost improvement programmes are expected to release an average of a further 1 per cent. in the current financial year.
Boards receive an overall cash allocation and are expected to manage their expenditure within that amount. Allocations contain no specific allowance for inflation.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current waiting list for psychogeriatric beds in each of the Scottish health board areas; and what is the current average length of time between application for a full-time bed and allocation of beds.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 25 April 1990]: Information on waiting lists for psychogeriatric beds as at 30 September 1989 (the latest data available) is set out in the table. Information on average length of time between application and allocation of psychogeriatric beds is not held centrally.
Health board Number on waiting list Argyll and Clyde 25 Ayrshire and Arran 25 Borders 16 Dumfries and Galloway — Fife 59 Forth Valley 33 Grampian 212 Greater Glasgow 193 Highland 5 Lanarkshire 70 Lothian 125 Orkney — Shetland — Tayside 27 Western Isles — Scotland 790