To ask the Secretary of State for. Scotland (1) if he will publish details of total health board expenditure on the promotion of the recent campaign for water fluoridation in the Strathclyde regional council area; if he will break this figure down by health board; and if he will make a statement;(2) if he will publish details of the level of annual health board expenditure on promoting the case for the fluoridation of water in each of the last 15 years; if he will break these figures down for each of the Strathclyde region health board areas; and if he will make a statement;(3) what was the cost to health boards in the Strathclyde regional council area of the publicity and lobbying campaign in favour of the fluoridation of water which was undertaken on their behalf by Michael Kelly Associates; if he will break this information down by health board; and if he will make a statement.
[holding answer 9 July 1993]: Total health board expenditure, exclusive of VAT, on the promotion of the recent campaign for water fluoridation in the Strathclyde regional council area was some £108,000. Expenditure by individual health boards was as follows:
£ | |
Argyll and Clyde | 18,000 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 17,000 |
Greater Glasgow | 50,000 |
Lanarkshire | 23,000 |
£ | |
Argyll and Clyde | 2,600 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 2,200 |
Greater Glasgow | 18,900 |
Lanarkshire | 3,200 |