§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many whole-time equivalent(a) bank, (b) agency and (c) contract nurses were employed, and at what cost, by health board area in each of the last 10 years. [74990]
Agency nursing staff: average Whole Time Equivalent1 by health board: year ending 30 September Health board 21988 21989 21990 21991 21992 21993 21994 21995 21996 21997 21998 Scotland2 238.6 187.3 317.4 255.6 249.4 301.1 195.3 382.6 459.3 455.7 50 Argyll & Clyde — 1.3 0.2 1.1 0.1 4.6 11.6 39.0 39.8 57.0 6 Ayrshire & Arran 2.1 7.2 1.7 3.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 3.0 — Borders 19.8 4.4 — — 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 3.0 — — Dumfries & Galloway — — — 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.1 — — — — Fife — — 2.3 1.3 0.6 — 3.7 0.2 1.8 6.5 — Forth Valley — 1.1 10.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 17.3 63.1 54.1 2 Grampian 13.0 6.1 8.0 11.9 35.3 33.6 26.5 46.2 29.4 21.8 3 Greater Glasgow 80.2 66.0 179.8 155.2 148.7 127.3 76.8 92.8 67.7 110.9 13 Highland — — 0.8 0.5 — 0.5 0.1 2.4 4.1 12.3 1 Lanarkshire — — 0.2 — — — — 0.2 0.3 0.3 1 Lothian 123.5 100.4 111.2 81.0 64.0 132.8 75.8 184.0 249.0 187.8 20 Orkney — — — — — — — — — 0.2 — Shetland — 0.8 2.8 0.9 — — — 0.0 — — — Tayside — — — 0.1 — — — — 1.0 1.8 — Western Isles — — — — — — — — — — — 1 To calculate the average, 1 W. T. E. is taken as a contribution of 37.5 hours per week x 52 = 1,950 hours per year. 2 Data for 1997 and 1998 are based on one six month period ending 30 September. Data for 1991 to 1996 are based on two six month periods ending 31 March and 30 September. Data for 1988 to 1990 are based on two three month periods ending 31 March and 30 September. Notes:
1.Rounding of individual figures may produce slight differences between the sum of constituent items and totals.
2.Provisional data.
Source: ISD(M)