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Departmental Expenditure

Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will itemise the planned Scottish Office expenditure for years 1996-97 to 1999-2000 in cash and real (1996-97) prices by category of expenditure as expressed in Table 1.4 of "Serving Scotland's Needs, The Government's Expenditure Plans 1996-97 to 1998-99", deflating the real terms figures using the estimates for the GDP deflator provided in the Financial Statement and Budget report of July 1997. [7743]

Mr. Dewar [holding answer 14 July 1997]: The tables are compiled from material published in "Serving Scotland's Needs: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000". They cover 1996-97 outturn, and 1997-98 to 1999-2000 plans in both cash terms and real terms.

The Scottish block, cash terms

£ million
1996-971997-981998-991999-2000
Estimated outturnPlanned provisionPlanned provisionPlanned provision
Central government expenditure (including public corporations other than nationalised)
Industry, enterprise and training606591584582
Roads and transport216176194189
Housing248279283275
Scottish Homes loan book sale--------
Scottish Homes debt repayment---150-70-48
Other environmental services358325321324
Law, order and protective services472479476477
Education1,3191,2201,2471,266
Arts and libraries77807674
Health4,2324,3764,4754,568
Social work services62616161
Other public services172158156155
Total central government expenditure7,7627,5977,8037,923
Local authority capital expenditure (excluding water)591569554533
of which:
HRA191180180180
Police18202015
Fire services13161612
Provision to match receipts from European Social Fund and European Regional219160179174
Central government support to local authorities' current expenditure5,4435,3615,2745,268
Total Scottish block14,01513,68813,81013,899

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The Scottish block, real terms 1996-97 prices

£ million
1996-97 Estimated outturn1997-98 Planned provision1998-99 Planned provision1999-00 Planned provision
Central government expenditure (including public corporations other than nationalised)
Industry, enterprise and training606575553538
Roads and transport216171184175
Housing248272268254
Scottish Homes loan book sale0000
Scottish Homes debt repayment0-146-66-44
Other environmental services358316304299
Law, order and protective services472466451441
Education1,3191,1871,1811,170
Arts and libraries77787268
Health4,2324,2594,2394,221
Social work services62595856
Other public services172154148143
Total central government expenditure7,7627,3947,3917,322
Local authority capital expenditure (excluding water)591554525493
of which:0000
HRA191175170166
Police18191914
Fire Services13161511
Provision to match receipts from European Social Fund and European Regional219156170161
Central government support to local authorities' current expenditure5,4435,2184,9954,868
Total Scottish block14,01513,32213,08112,844

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Occupational Therapists

Mr. Alasdair Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many occupational therapists are employed by each Scottish local authority; and what is the figure per head of population in each authority area.[8284]

Mr. Galbraith [holding answer 15 July 1997]: The information is set out in the table below:

Number of full-time equivalent staff employed as occupational therapists/aides as at 31 December 1996

Local authorityPopulation of authorityTotal full-time equivalent occupational therapists/aidesTotal full-time equivalent occupational therapists/aides per 100,000 population
Scotland5,128,000533.510.4
Aberdeen City217,26027.612.7
Aberdeenshire227,4300.00.0
Angus110,78019.117.3
Argyll and Bute90,84013.014.3
Clackmannanshire48,8102.55.1
Dumfries and Galloway147,60015.210.3
Dundee City150,25011.57.7
East Ayrshire122,35016.813.7
East Dunbartonshire110,75011.09.9
East Lothian88,1408.39.4
East Renfrewshire88,0808.09.1
Edinburgh, City of448,85049.110.9
Falkirk143,04021.014.7
Fife349,30040.011.5
Glasgow City616,43081.413.2
Highland208,70011.55.5
Inverclyde87,10014.416.5
Midlothian80,0405.06.2
Moray86,51010.011.5
North Ayrshire139,52016.111.5
North Lanarkshire325,94039.912.2
Orkney Islands19,8004.623.2
Perth and Kinross132,57013.09.8
Renfrewshire178,55020.411.4
Scottish Borders106,10016.715.7
Shetland Islands23,0200.00.0
South Ayrshire114,63010.08.7
South Lanarkshire307,45018.56.0
Stirling82,7500.00.0
West Dunbartonshire95,76015.015.7
West Lothian150,77014.09.3
Western Isles28,8800.00.0

Source:

Full-time equivalent number of occupational therapists/aides as reported by authorities' to the December 1996 Annual staffing survey.


Nurses

Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage change in numbers of NHS nurses (a) in total and (b) in each NHS trust between 1991 and the latest year for which figures are available. [6383]

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Mr. Galbraith [holding answer Monday 7 July 1997]: The whole time equivalent number of nurses fell in Scotland by one per cent. between 1991 and 1996.

Information at Trust level is not available for the requested year 1991. A comparison by Trust between 1994 and 1996 is given in the table:

Qualified nursing staff(11) by Provider Percentage change between 1994 and 1996(p)

19941996(p)Percentage change 1994 to 1996(12)
Aberdeen Royal Hospital NHS Trust1,3281,3985.3
Angus NHS Trust627624-0.4
Argyll and Bute NHS Trust431420-2.7
Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care NHS Trust7587630.8
Borders Community Health Services NHS Trust367364-0.9
Borders General Hospital NHS Trust3473655.1
Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust20322510.9
Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust1,052973-7.5
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust5065366.0
Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust599590-1.4
Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust8618640.3
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust1,2231,2542.5
East and Midlothian NHS Trust717698-2.6
Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust1,1281,1744.0
Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust24528315.3
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust3893951.5
Fife Healthcare NHS Trust1,1601,098-5.3
Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust2,4792,034-17.9
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School NHS Trust1010-0.0
Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust1,2041,2584.5
Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust1,7271,602-7.2
Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust569542-4.8
Highland Communities NHS Trust724714-1.4
Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust3523633.0
Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust5275351.5
Lanarkshire Healthcare NHS Trust1,2891,3766.8
Law Hospital NHS Trust5475561.7
Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust394381-3.5
Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust694691-0.4
Moray Health Services NHS Trust35245027.9
North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust8128524.9
Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust8278300.4
Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust4795249.4
Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust5695720.5
Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust874814-6.9
Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust5255260.3
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust1,6411,548-5.6
South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust523483-7.7
Southern General Hospital NHS Trust79689112.0
Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust4094274.5
Stobhill NHS Trust507496-2.1
The Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust6256544.6
The Yorkhill NHS Trust6206687.8
West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust9111,08218.7
West Lothian NHS Trust791789-0.2
Western General Hospitals NHS Trust6386491.6
Total for Trusts34,35534,342-0.0
Qualified nursing staff employed outwith Trusts(13)1,026892-13.1
Scotland35,38135,234-0.4

Notes:

(11) Excludes nurse teachers, nurses in training and students on P2000 courses in nursing and midwifery.

(12) Provisional.

(13) Includes qualified nursing staff employed by Health Board HQs, State Hospital Unit, CSA, Western Isles Health Unit and Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit.

Source:

National Manpower Statistics from payroll ISD Scotland.

Adhoc ref: 97/7906.


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