asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will make available additional resources to health boards in Scotland equal to the cost of funding pay increases awarded recently by Health Service pay review boards;(2) if he will make a statement on the implications of the autumn statement for the level of the National Health Service budget in Scotland for 1985–86; and if he will express his answer in both absolute and percentage terms.

My right hon. Friend has no plans to make any change to the level of provision for the health programme in the current year. He will announce shortly decisions about the allocation of resources to his programmes, including health, for future years.