HC Deb 23 May 1995 vol 260 c577W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he received from the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee its report on the radioactive contamination arising from the nuclear waste disposal deep shaft at Dounreay, and what remedial action he intends should be taken to clean up the contamination. [25411]

Sir Hector Monro

My right hon. Friend awaits the committee's report on the radioactive particles found at Dounreay and will consider it carefully as soon as he receives it.

Number of prescriptions issued
Health Board 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Argyll and Clyde 3,020,887 3,119,305 3,080,779 3,215,820 3,308,346 3,387,998 3,416,920 3,477,819
Ayrshire and Arran 2,917,102 2,950,691 2,925,920 2,995,259 3,034,920 3,072,132 3,057,375 3,108,628
Borders 696,541 713,847 718,828 727,461 741,681 750,546 762,220 771,461
Dumfries and Galloway 998,184 1,016,422 1,006,361 1,047,110 1,066,906 1,070,408 1,083,736 1,116,269
Fife 2,302,688 2,330,990 2,325,161 2,361,160 2,383,291 2,418,429 2,435,329 2,460,693
Forth Valley 1,885,324 1,888,929 1,850,223 1,929,467 1,989,505 2]024,173 2,044,775 2,087,639
Grampian 3,181,513 3,232,774 3,194,810 3,291,698 3,333,170 3,356,741 3,350,591 3,387,637
Greater Glasgow 7,429,534 7,430,775 7,292,301 7,506,305 7,665,852 7,776,269 7,745,029 7,882,635
Highland 1,220,693 1,228,673 1,215,931 1,234,509 1,240,427 1,233,964 1,227,784 1,248,755
Lanarkshire 4,011,256 4,152,073 4,094,760 4,225,707 4,360,576 4,468,827 4,472,930 4,543,104
Lothian 4,551,022 4,665,377 4,598,347 4,721,963 4,801,780 4,854,429 4,872,711 4,962,619
Orkney 127,037 130,326 129,043 132,617 132,909 134,321 132,101 134,106
Shetland 167,798 174,244 167,464 165,460 162,268 159,572 161,387 165,194
Tayside 2,595,660 2,659,792 2,621,910 2,708,202 2,775,500 2,829,288 2,865,689 2,931,406
Western Isles 187,125 211,517 203,002 207,764 216,435 221,481 221,113 222,552
Total 35,292,364 35,905,735 35,424,840 36,470,502 37,213,656 37,758,578 37,849,690 38,500,517

Number of prescriptions issued
Health board 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Argyll and Clyde 3,616,334 3,732,573 3,942,096 4,079,891 4,300,725 4,508,277 4,682,393
Ayrshire and Arran 3,226,280 3,316,494 3,518,006 3,604,259 3,788,332 3,940,976 4,073,508
Borders 803,902 821,439 865,944 891,690 947,609 1,007,194 1,049,644
Dumfries and Galloway 1,152,765 1,190,874 1,262,296 1,308,771 1,382,936 1,443,633 1,514,202
Fife 2,540,786 2,632,029 2,757,067 2,841,090 2,967,220 3,071,638 3,186,806
Forth Valley 2,156,792 2,199,241 2,297,756 2,394,187 2,537,797 2,649,311 2,761,543
Grampian 3,556,224 3,653,754 3,813,054 3,898,337 4,007,418 4,137,204 4,288,124
Greater Glasgow 8,203,693 8,344,864 8,779,589 8,919,678 9,374,723 9,756,522 10,143,448
Highland 1,304,758 1,349,094 1,441,004 1,503,594 1,603,834 1,677,624 1,771,531
Lanarkshire 4,735,156 4,886,894 5,179,521 5,270,290 5,557,051 5,831,177 6,105,927
Lothian 5,160,088 5,289,043 5,517,844 5,656,233 5,848,567 6,021,362 6,249,471
Orkney 136,015 136,385 140,905 146,725 154,508 162,625 167,126
Shetland 174,867 172,265 178,670 184,071 186,501 190,354 203,180
Tayside 3,076,554 3,200,984 3,344,626 3,465,036 3,611,409 3,686,056 3,783,897
Western Isles 228,612 224,569 237,024 237,018 242,910 254,958 276,615
Total 40,072,826 41,150,502 43,275,402 44,400,870 46,511,540 48,338,911 50,257,415

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