§ Mr. KynochTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what revenue allocations he has made to health boards, the Common Services Agency and the State hospital for 1995–96; what allocation provision he has made to those bodies for capital expenditure; and what provision for capital expenditure he proposes to make within the external financial limit for NHS trusts.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonMy right hon. Friend has allocated £2,595.3 million to health boards to meet their revenue expenditure commitments on hospital and community health services in 1995–96. The Common Services Agency has been allocated £104.6 million and the State hospital £12.9 million.
Taken with health boards' own cash releasing efficiency savings these allocations give an increase in 598W available resources of 5.1 per cent. for health boards, 0.7 per cent for the Common Services Agency and 4.62 per cent. for the State hospital.
Capital provision of £18.4 million has been made for direct expenditure by health boards, the Common Services Agency and the State hospital. In addition, my right hon. Friend proposes to provide within NHS trusts' external financing limit for gross capital expenditure of some £212.4 million.
Details of the allocations are contained in the following table.
NHS in Scotland Allocations: 1995–96 Health Board Revenue allocation £000 Capital allocation £000 Capital provision for trusts by board area £000 Argyll and Clyde 217,251 970 9,261 Ayrshire and Arran 179,324 0 17,906 Borders 57,702 110 2,731 Dumfries and Galloway 79,674 160 5,634 Fife 163,893 180 16,039 Forth Valley 128,578 15 7,213 Grampian 249,500 90 15,138 Greater Glasgow 517,977 565 45,080 Highland 108,180 270 7,276 Lanarkshire 249,373 0 16,008 Lothian 380,652 110 33,835 Orkney 11,993 4,845 N/A Shetland 13,310 2,960 N/A Tayside 217,552 220 23,405 Western Isles 20,895 2,250 N/A CSA 104,565 8,300 N/A State Hospital 12,938 5,685 N/A Scottish Ambulance Service N/A N/A 9,840 Unallocated N/A N/A 3,000 Scotland 2,713,357 26,730 212,366