HC Deb 19 April 1995 vol 258 c219W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been for each health board in Scotland the costs of operating the prescription service for medication in the NHS for each year since 1979–80. [18260]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 5 April 1995]: The cost to each health board of operating

£ million
Health Board 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Argyll and Clyde 8.40 10.00 11.39 13.03 14.50 15.59 16.63 17.68
Ayrshire and Arran 8.18 9.67 10.94 12.38 13.61 13.85 13.40 16.13
Borders 1.97 2.37 2.70 3.00 3.29 3.52 3.78 3.99
Dumfries and Galloway 2.77 3.27 3.71 4.25 4.74 5.06 5.40 5.77
Fife 6.12 7.24 8.17 9.11 9.94 10.54 11.32 12.07
Forth Valley 5.08 5.79 6.56 7.48 8.35 8.94 9.54 10.08
Grampian 8.12 9.59 10.82 12.07 13.11 14.03 14.92 15.81
Greater Glasgow 19.45 22.55 25.34 28.56 31.60 33.72 35.66 37.74
Highland 3.24 3.79 4.26 4.80 5.23 5.56 5.96 6.38
Lanarkshire 10.60 12.69 14.35 16.41 18.46 19.83 21.21 22.56
Lothian 13.31 15.82 17.71 19.97 21.97 23.52 25.27 26.92
Orkney 0.34 0.40 0.45 0.51 0.55 0.59 0.63 0.65
Shetland 0.36 0.45 0.51 0.55 0.59 0.60 0.63 0.68
Tayside 7.12 8.47 9.66 11.05 12.31 13.23 14.33 15.37
Western Isles 0.50 0.66 0.73 0.80 0.90 0.95 1.00 1.08
Scotland 95.56 112.76 127.30 143.97 159.15 169.53 179.68 192.91

£ million
Health Board 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Argyll and Clyde 19.88 22.26 24.64 27.17 30.49 34.38 36.91
Ayrshire and Arran 18.15 20.13 22.66 24.82 27.63 30.64 32.77
Borders 4.52 4.98 5.50 6.02 6.73 7.51 7.93
Dumfries and Galloway 6.36 7.05 7.95 8.81 10.05 11.35 12.40
Fife 13.45 15.15 16.98 18.66 20.82 23.35 25.59
Forth Valley 11.33 12.67 14.14 15.79 18.20 20.75 22.48
Grampian 18.02 20.06 22.22 24.42 27.34 30.81 33.20
Greater Glasgow 42.65 47.00 52.61 57.57 64.59 72.42 78.46
Highland 7.26 8.24 9.42 10.54 11.97 13.55 15.00
Lanarkshire 25.61 28.83 32.29 35.42 39.85 44.79 47.84
Lothian 30.27 33.27 36.82 39.91 44.28 49.52 54.39
Orkney 0.72 0.79 0.87 1.00 1.13 1.28 1.36
Shetland 0.76 0.84 0.95 1.07 1.18 1.30 1.48
Tayside 17.55 20.19 22.61 25.07 28.02 31.32 33.45
Western Isles 1.20 1.31 1.47 1.59 1.76 1.94 2.20
Scotland 217.73 242.77 271.13 297.86 334.04 374.91 405.46

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