§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much revenue his Department has raised from payment for national health service prescriptions for each financial year since 1968(a) in total and (b) in each health board area. [14543]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 21 March 1995]: The information requested, which is
£ Health board 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Argyll and Clyde 253,495 384,553 710,375 912,138 1,061,996 1,140,655 1,248,761 1,367,266 Ayrshire and Arran 229,680 372,980 611,728 884,519 945,886 1,012,273 1,092,777 1,222,220 Borders 50,976 82,995 160,373 199,830 239,355 261,077 293,543 343,694 Dumfries and Galloway 75,606 125,434 210,020 289,827 346,765 381,207 412,283 469,511 Fife 192,135 302,176 507,722 703,629 819,691 895,391 969,976 1,091,333 Forth Valley 156,147 240,709 447,119 575,067 671,486 737,966 800,850 887,644 Grampian 243,511 405,785 767,762 993,264 1,217,667 1,331,868 1,515,858 1,761,953 Greater Glasgow 569,490 827,176 1,512,904 1,871,278 2,104,653 2,263,993 2,403,376 2,544,619 Highland 93,039 152,733 287,663 367,900 430,711 473,272 508,331 567,855 Lanarkshire 340,890 513,804 943,964 1,204,771 1,382,484 1,491,495 1,623,988 1,775,441 Lothian 342,405 598,195 1,004,091 1,388,292 1,628,506 1,771,330 1,923,164 2,165,150 Orkney 9,030 14,113 26,139 34,558 42,707 44,157 49,924 78,156 Shetland 11,135 22,933 46,290 51,351 53,750 53,303 59,549 70,211 Tayside 196,643 322,775 600,078 743,446 894,191 960,155 1,069,281 1,209,421 Western Isles 10,561 18,437 32,287 347,855 51,258 55,486 62,683 69,478 Total 2,774,743 4,384,789 7,868,515 10,267,725 11,891,106 12,873,628 14,034,344 15,623,952
£ Health board 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Argyll and Clyde 1,686,047 1,559,865 1,801,196 1,864,601 1,976,974 2,191,217 2,362,746 2,553,453 Ayrshire and Arran 1,399,374 1,498,208 1,537,218 1,698,499 1,834,772 1,989,472 2,141,099 2,375,010 Borders 399,503 410,304 474,894 496,887 534,811 596,394 669,390 752,834 Dumfries and Galloway 597,128 577,792 670,903 703,861 756,737 856,385 943,044 1,064,693 Fife 1,413,629 1,262,129 1,372,150 1,533,802 1,639,310 1,851,376 2,006,133 2,085,955 Forth Valley 1,111,409 1,047,005 1,196,049 1,246,609 1,342,106 1,509,718 1,624,407 1,868,042 Grampian 2,025,171 2,249,322 2,233,299 2,467,763 2,691,248 3,044,950 3,424,948 3,772,414 Greater Glasgow 3,064,898 2,765,545 2,962,109 3,134,470 3,274,768 3,521,660 3,728,157 3,984,581 Highland 694,861 634,423 788,072 845,898 943,125 1,075,565 1,177,872 1,279,493 Lanarkshire 2,133,117 1,988,051 2,166,055 2,387,645 2,475,710 2,728,958 2,932,888 3,220,526 Lothian 2,725,794 2,566,582 2,789,551 3,302,626 3,338,395 3,694,434 4,039,914 4,534,870 Orkney 89,461 85,812 95,512 100,388 119,264 136,354 259,837 188,254 Shetland 85,335 86,971 93,694 99,316 123,642 126,551 138,170 157,075 Tayside 1,500,871 1,433,136 1,557,736 1,721,211 1,883,434 2,083,760 2,307,325 2,541,305 Western Isles 77,078 88,235 80,494 87,552 97,826 101,328 116,826 136,040 Total 19,003,676 18,253,380 19,818,932 21,691,128 23,032,122 25,508,122 27,872,756 30,514,545