§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when advanced higher qualifications will be available to secondary school pupils in Scotland. [62980]
NHS in Scotland: average available staffed beds in acute specialties as at 31 March2 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 11997–98 Argyll & Clyde 1,315 1,286 1,248 1,204 1,188 1,140 1,103 1,108 Ayrshire & Arran 1,138 1,152 1,136 1,107 1,075 971 903 900 Borders 349 354 354 348 335 336 346 335 Dumfries & Galloway 447 435 419 406 405 416 389 395 Fife 863 851 800 791 774 754 737 712 Forth Valley 625 605 600 588 592 573 556 560 Grampian 1,618 1,640 1,918 1,885 1,843 1,804 1,791 1,788 Greater Glasgow 4,615 4,194 4,036 3,899 3,651 3,581 3,518 3,446 Highland 736 740 743 729 724 796 798 804 Lanarkshire 1,691 1,665 1,632 1,592 1,550 1,526 1,496 1,462 Lothian 2,855 2,659 2,577 2,455 2,397 2,300 2,198 1,983 Orkney 62 62 62 97 91 85 89 3139 Shetland 53 49 46 46 46 46 50 54 Tayside 1,862 1,801 1,748 1,622 1,589 1,540 1,459 1,443 Western Isles 87 85 97 103 100 95 106 117 Scotland 18,317 17,580 17,414 16,873 16,360 15,963 15,549 15,246 1 Provisional 2 Includes Acute, Supra-area and Special Categories speciality groups. Excludes Obstetrics 3 Reclassification of beds, from geriatric medicine to general practice, between 1996–97 and 1997–98