§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list his Department's contribution to local health boards to cover costs of changes in administration with particular reference to(a) signposting and (b) stationery. [23912]
Lord James Douglas Hamilton[holding answer 1 April 1996]: Funds were made available to health boards for them to distribute to NHS trusts to assist with their establishment. No information is held centrally on how these funds were used.
§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the management costs as a percentage of total expenditure in respect of each local health board in Scotland separately identifying the NHS trusts within each. [23911]
Lord James Douglas Hamilton[holding answer 1 April 1996]: The information for health boards is set out in the table. The percentages have been calculated using figures from the 1994–95 annual accounts. This is the latest year available. NHS trusts in Scotland did not separately identify management costs within the annual accounts for the financial year 1994–95.
Health boards Per cent. Argyll and Clyde 2.0 Ayrshire and Arran 1.5 Borders 2.5 Dumfries and Galloway 2.4 Fife 2.3 Forth Valley 2.1 Grampian 1.8 Greater Glasgow 2.0 Highland 2.4 Lanarkshire 1.5 Lothian 2.0 Orkney 3.9 Shetland 3.0 Tayside 1.3 Western Isles 3.0 Scotland average 1.9