§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many hospital patients residing within the Hamilton/East Kilbride unit area of the Lanarkshire health board were placed in a hospital in the Monklands/Cumbernauld unit over each of the last 12 months;
(2) how many hospital patients residing within the Hamilton/East Kilbride unit area of the Lanarkshire
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§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 7 May 1991]: The use which is to be made of the proceeds of sales of a particular category of property is not generally specified, but health boards are aware that they should give a high priority to the care of mentally handicapped and mentally ill patients.
Individual health boards are able to retain proceeds from the disposals they achieve—currently at the rate of 80 per cent. with the balance of 20 per cent. being allocated by the management executive to benefit the NHS capital programme.