Public Expenditure (Scotland)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:30 pm on 6 December 1994.

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Photo of Mr Ian Lang Mr Ian Lang , Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 3:30, 6 December 1994

I can assure my hon. Friend that, in the distribution of resources, great care will be taken to reflect the needs of the different parts of Scotland. Not only is the overall health budget increasing by the figure repeated by my hon. Friend, but he might like to know that the programme for hospital and community health services will increase substantially next year. A figure of £201.9 million is scheduled for that, compared with an outturn in 1993-94 of £160 million. Family health services are budgeted to increase by 15.6 per cent. in cash terms during the next financial year.