HC Deb 19 January 1996 vol 269 cc798-800W
Mr. Robert G. Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the number of BCG vaccinations delivered to school children will, on current trends, reach the level recorded in(a) 1985 and (b) 1980; and if he will make a statement. [7367]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Current practice is to provide tuberculin testing for school children aged around 12. Where the test is negative, BCG vaccination is offered. Figures published by the Registrar General for Scotland show that the number of 12-year-olds declined substantially over the period between 1980 and 1994. In consequence, the number of vaccinations has also decreased and, on current trends, the number of children vaccinated is unlikely, in the foreseeable future, to reach the levels recorded in these earlier years. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises Health Ministers on vaccination issues, is reviewing the current arrangements for BCG testing and vaccination in schools and its recommendations, when available, will be carefully considered. Data on population, testing and vaccination in the years 1980, 1985 and 1994 are given in the following table.

as capital annually; and how much of the actual surplus was (a) retained by the NHS trusts and (b) returned to the Government. [7366]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is set out in the table and was taken from NHS trust accounts for financial years 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95.

Return on capital for 1992–93
£000
Trust name Target return Actual reurn Retained by trust Returned
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 7,503 8,580 2,707 5,873
South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2,900 3,011 480 2,531
Total 10,403 11,591 3,187 8,404

Return on capital for 1993–94
£000
Trust name Target return Actual return Retained by trust Returned
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 7,620 7,027 696 6,331
Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust 3,123 3,037 1,021 2,016
Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 922 960 319 641
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 7,223 7,231 1,284 5,947
Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 10,024 10,675 3,546 7,129
Monklands and Bellshills Hospitals NHS Trust 2,481 2,766 904 1,862
Moray Health Services NHS Trust 1,225 1,339 354 985
North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust 4,671 4,639 1,593 3,046
Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 3,026 3,570 1,171 2,399
Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 3,670 3,807 1,114 2,693
Royal Scottish National Hospital NHS Trust 1,636 2,194 975 1,219
South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2,864 3,068 727 2,341
Southern General Hospitals NHS Trust 3,489 4,020 1,106 2.914
Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 2,481 2,570 899 1,671
Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 2,657 2,556 526 2,030
West Lothian NHS Trust 5,615 5,749 1,612 4,137
Yorkhill NHS Trust 2,274 2,151 601 1,550
Total 65,001 67,359 18,448 48,911

Return on capital for 1994–95
£000
Trust name Target return Actual return Retained by trust Returned
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 8,024 7,977 1,466 6,511
Angus NHS Trust 2,588 2,601 896 1,705
Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust 3,271 3,272 883 2,389
Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 973 1,005 319 686
Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust 3,659 3,699 214 3,485
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 1,613 1,456 433 1,023
Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust 3,168 3,213 1,120 2,093
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 7.074 5,603 990 4,613
East & Midlothian NHS Trust 3,503 3,537 1,215 2,322
Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust 6,262 6,682 2,332 4,350
Edinburgh Sick Childrens' NHS Trust 663 682 230 452
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 2,290 2,593 985 1,608
Fife Healthcare NHS Trust 3,798 3,859 1,365 2,494
Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust 7,499 8.003 2,559 5,444
Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 10,564 10,806 2,799 8,007
Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust 7,922 7,925 1,701 6,224
Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust 2,876 2,816 625 2,191
Highland Communities NHS Trust 3,061 3,025 592 2,433
Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 1,872 1,989 699 1,290
Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 2,145 2,187 731 1,456
Law Hospital NHS Trust 1,907 2,133 877 1,256
Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust 2,552 2,557 936 1,621
Moray Health Services NHS Trust 1,779 1,786 139 1,647
North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust 4,913 4,957 1,713 3,244
Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust 4,380 4,449 1,449 3,000
Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust 4,014 4,017 1,292 2.725
Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 3,120 3,119 815 2,304
Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust 4,058 4,276 1,634 2,642
Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 3,654 3,781 860 2,921
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 8,541 8,636 2,850 5,786
South Ayrshire Hospital NHS Trust 2,921 2,923 516 2,407
Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 3,846 3,845 1,345 2,500
Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 2,564 2,680 824 1,856
Stobhill NHS Trust 3,548 3,559 1,190 2,369
Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 2,621 2,474 (5,646) 1
West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust 5,940 6,330 2,233 4,097
West Lothian NHS Trust 5,633 5,559 989 4,570
Western General Hospitals NHS Trust 4,783 4,789 1,061 3,728
Yorkhill NHS Trust 2,509 2,636 925 1,711
Total 156,109 157,436 38,156 111,160
1Deficit due to loss on disposal of fixed assets.
1. Figures for Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust include those for Royal Scottish National Hospital NHS Trust which dissolved on formation of the new Trust on 1 October 1995

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