§ Mr. ChisholmTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the NHS trusts which are currently forecast to show a deficit at the end of 1996–97 and (b) the size of the end-of-year deficit forecast for each of the trusts. [12051]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 21 January 1997]: Fife Healthcare is the only NHS trust in Scotland projecting a retained deficit for 1996–97 as a result of a funding gap. The sum involved in £1.3 million and the trust chairman and the new chief executive are addressing it.
Two other trusts are projecting retained deficits arising from the disposal of assets at less than book value.