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Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the number of whole-time equivalent physiotherapists under contract to each of the health board areas in Scotland shown as a rate per 100,000 head of population.
Mr. Michael Forsyth
The information requested is shown in the table:
| Physiotherapists in post by health board; whole time equivalent as at 30 September 1990 (provisional) | ||
| Health board | Whole time equivalent | Rate per 100,000 population1 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 77·5 | 18 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 93·2 | 25 |
| Borders | 27·3 | 27 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 23·6 | 16 |
| Fife | 79·0 | 23 |
| Forth Valley | 57·4 | 21 |
| Grampian | 115·7 | 23 |
| Greater Glasgow | 307·5 | 33 |
| Highland | 51·6 | 26 |
| Lanarkshire | 110·4 | 20 |
| Lothian | 217·1 | 29 |
| Orkney | 5·0 | 26 |
| Shetland | 6·0 | 27 |
Health board
| Whole time equivalent
| Rate per 100,000 population 1
|
| Tayside | 92·0 | 23 |
| Western Isles | 10·6 | 35 |
1 Based on estimated population figures at 30 June 1989. | ||
Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the number of whole-time equivalent physiotherapy aides under contract to the Borders health board for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Michael Forsyth
The information requested is shown in the following table:
| Physiotherapy aides in post in the Borders health board; whole-time equivalents as at 30 September | |
| Year | Whole time equivalents |
| 1986 | 3·6 |
| 1987 | 2·6 |
| 1988 | 2·9 |
| 1989 | 2·9 |
| 1990 | 13·0 |
| 1 Provisional. | |