To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the amount spent on consultancy fees for the year 1989–90.

[holding answer 21 November 1990]: Information available from the annual accounts of health boards relates to the total fees paid to management consultants, to legal firms (other than for legal expenses connected with compensation claims) and to work study consultants. The amounts for each health board for 1989–90 are shown in the table.