HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 cc88-9W
Mr. Chisholm

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the amounts retained by general practitioner fundholding practices at the end of each financial year since the introduction of general practitioner fundholding for each health board area in Scotland. [10698]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information in the table sets out GP fundholder savings which are retained by the health board on the fundholder's behalf to be used for the benefit of patients.

£000
Health Board 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Argyll and Clyde 56 nil 55 214 446
Ayrshire and Arran 330 214 253
Borders 65 291 144
Dumfries and Galloway 76 278
Fife 96 150 242
Forth Valley 23 101 154
Grampian 103 95 551 1,207 739
Greater Glasgow 13 185 888 1,459
Highland 87 87
Lanarkshire 458 1,360 1,607
Lothian 29 39 354 868 1.207

£000
Health Board 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Orkney
Shetland
Tayside 12 278 363 428
Western Isles
Scotland 188 159 2,482 5,732 7,044