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Health Boards (Non-Medical Professional Fees)

Volume 918: debated on Wednesday 3 November 1976

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the cost to each of the Scottish area health boards of consultants' fees for engineering, architectural, surveying, heating and ventilating and structural engineering services.

A comprehensive professional advisory and executive service is provided by the Building Division of the Common Services Agency at no charge to health boards. The 1975–76 salaries bill was £1,957,789.In addition, boards incurred consultants' fees for capital works as follows:

Health BoardsFees (£)
Argyll and Clyde611,667
Ayrshire and Arran108,935
Borders65,441
Dumfries and Galloway62,757
Fife61,706
Forth Valley68,000
Grampian194,345
Greater Glasgow474,367
Highland365,528
Lanarkshire250,183
Lothian432,824
OrkneyNil
Shetland3,795
Tayside232,756
Western Isles10,467
Total£2,942,771
This information has been obtained from the accounts of health boards for 1975–76. A further breakdown of the figures could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.