§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the number of whole-time equivalent physiotherapists under contract to each of the health board areas in Scotland shown as a rate per 100,000 head of population.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is shown in the table:
81W
Physiotherapists in post by health board; whole time equivalent as at 30 September 1990 (provisional) Health board Whole time equivalent Rate per 100,000 population1 Argyll and Clyde 77.5 18 Ayrshire and Arran 93.2 25 Borders 27.3 27 Dumfries and Galloway 23.6 16 Fife 79.0 23 Forth Valley 57.4 21 Grampian 115.7 23 Greater Glasgow 307.5 33 Highland 51.6 26 Lanarkshire 110.4 20 Lothian 217.1 29 Orkney 5.0 26 Shetland 6.0 27
Health board Whole time equivalent Rate per 100,000 population1 Tayside 92.0 23 Western Isles 10.6 35 1 Based on estimated population figures at 30 June 1989.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of whole-time equivalent physiotherapy aides under contract to the Borders health board for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is shown in the following table:
Physiotherapy aides in post in the Borders health board; whole-time equivalents as at 30 September Year Whole time equivalents 1986 3.6 1987 2.6 1988 2.9 1989 2.9 1990 13.0 1 Provisional.