§ Mr. George RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the cost of advertising by NHS trusts and health boards in each region in each financial year since 1990.[6157]
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 14 December 1995]: The information requested is not collected centrally.
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Health Board Level of income £000 Percentage of total income Level of income £000 Percentage of total income Level of income £000 Percentage of total income Argyll and Clyde n/a n/a 2 0.00 29 0.02 Ayrshire and Arran 105 0.24 516 0.30 250 0.14 Borders n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Dumfries and Galloway n/a n/a n/a n/a 39 0.10 Fife n/a n/a n/a n/a 277 0.17 Forth Valley n/a n/a –113 0.00 89 0.07 Grampian 642 0.57 773 0.29 862 0.30 Greater Glasgow n/a n/a 854 0.46 1.092 0.17 Highland n/a n/a 473 0.78 193 0.16 Lanarkshire n/a n/a 0 0.00 0 0.00 Lothian n/a n/a 29 0.05 1,837 0.40 Orkney n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Shetland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Tayside n/a n/a 181 0.17 336 0.12 Western Isles n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Totals 747 0.48 2,715 0.27 5.004 0.10
§ Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many NHS trusts in Scotland have borrowed money from commercial sources and if he will list the sums involved. [6158]
§ Mr. Forsyth[holding answer 14 December 1995:]: Currently there are no NHS trusts borrowing on a long-term basis from commercial sources within the private sector. However some NHS trusts may require the use of overdrafts to cover very short-term working capital requirements.
£000 Health board area 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Argyll and Clyde 6,290 7,807 9,415 9,276 8,918 9,384 Ayr and Arran 5,311 7,082 8,005 7,663 7,453 7,659 Borders 1,130 1,362 1,611 1,724 1,718 1,853 Dumfries and Galloway 1,675 2,046 2,447 2,301 2,070 2,180 Fife 3,996 4,803 5,845 5,907 3,483 6,329 Forth Valley 3,406 4,208 5,180 5,354 5,066 5,352 Grampian 5,668 6,415 7,952 8,104 7,745 8,172 Greater Glasgow 14,731 18,731 22,116 23,483 22,051 23,414 Highland 2,435 3,006 3,783 3,675 3,483 3,647 Lanarkshire 7,062 8,653 10,207 9,795 9,341 10,128 Lothian 10,010 11,503 14,600 15,759 14,907 15,723 Orkney 107 87 115 161 153 244