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Written Question · S4W-25708 · Session 4

(a) how much and (b) what percentage of the NHS budget has been spent on child and adolescent mental health services in each of the last fi…

Answered Asked by Jim Hume LD Lodged 25 May 2015

The question

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how much and (b) what percentage of the NHS budget has been spent on child and adolescent mental health services in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) NHS board and (ii) local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 Jun 2015 · 9 days after it was lodged, on time

(i) Information on the expenditure and percentage of expenditure that have been spent on children and adolescent mental health services of the overall NHS expenditure for the five financial years 2010 to 2014 by NHS board is shown in Table 1.
(ii)This information is not held centrally.
Table 1: Overall NHS expenditure1 and child and adolescent expenditure2, Scotland 2010-20143
Financial Year
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
NHS Board
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (£000)
Total expenditure (£000)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (%)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (£000)
Total expenditure (£000)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (%)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (£000)
Total expenditure (£000)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (%)
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
£1,774
£644,064
0.28%
£1,924
£650,157
0.30%
£2,578
£657,282
0.39%
NHS Borders
£709
£173,102
0.41%
£619
£173,781
0.36%
£766
£172,920
0.44%
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
£1,467
£262,262
0.56%
£1,521
£264,157
0.58%
£1,535
£270,817
0.57%
NHS Fife
£1,385
£539,997
0.26%
£643
£537,117
0.12%
£504
£560,317
0.09%
NHS Forth Valley
£1,650
£439,073
0.38%
£1,692
£449,092
0.38%
£1,806
£469,443
0.38%
NHS Grampian
£756
£851,809
0.09%
£1,495
£849,421
0.18%
£1,838
£870,827
0.21%
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
£12,828
£2,538,217
0.51%
£13,075
£2,555,776
0.51%
£15,008
£2,623,686
0.57%
NHS Highland
£578
£541,527
0.11%
£136
£544,606
0.02%
£143
£554,255
0.03%
NHS Lanarkshire
£3,795
£860,442
0.44%
£3,522
£883,267
0.40%
£3,586
£905,504
0.40%
NHS Lothian
£6,989
£1,397,171
0.50%
£7,295
£1,395,874
0.52%
£8,293
£1,444,306
0.57%
NHS Orkney
£6
£39,387
0.02%
£5
£39,724
0.01%
£5
£40,685
0.01%
NHS Shetland
£10
£43,064
0.02%
£3
£42,386
0.01%
£199
£43,438
0.46%
NHS Tayside
£2,708
£756,045
0.36%
£3,313
£764,211
0.43%
£3,925
£796,690
0.49%
NHS Western Isles
£13
£65,809
0.02%
£380
£62,431
0.61%
£160
£64,317
0.25%
Golden Jubilee
-
£104,627
-
-
£104,033
-
-
£104,886
-
State Hospital
-
£46,152
-
-
£33,611
-
-
£34,020
-
Scotland
£34,670
£9,302,747
0.37%
£35,623
£9,349,645
0.38%
£40,347
£9,613,392
0.42%

Financial Year
2012-13
2013-14
NHS Board
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (£000)
Total expenditure (£000)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (%)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (£000)
Total expenditure (£000)
Child and Adolescent mental health expenditure (%)
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
£3,276
£664,897
0.49%
£3,349
£679,193
0.49%
NHS Borders
£893
£174,597
0.51%
£804
£184,012
0.44%
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
£974
£269,597
0.36%
£875
£277,939
0.31%
NHS Fife
£577
£568,447
0.10%
£439
£583,832
0.08%
NHS Forth Valley
£2,060
£476,554
0.43%
£1,967
£487,177
0.40%
NHS Grampian
£1,051
£894,390
0.12%
£1,142
£917,948
0.12%
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
£14,590
£2,646,388
0.55%
£15,876
£2,682,038
0.59%
NHS Highland
£178
£564,066
0.03%
£749
£583,833
0.13%
NHS Lanarkshire
£3,946
£914,878
0.43%
£4,237
£939,160
0.45%
NHS Lothian
£9,237
£1,475,199
0.63%
£10,678
£1,516,117
0.70%
NHS Orkney
£43
£39,704
0.11%
£42
£41,511
0.10%
NHS Shetland
£193
£43,808
0.44%
£234
£45,996
0.51%
NHS Tayside
£4,989
£817,854
0.61%
£4,691
£840,994
0.56%
NHS Western Isles
£147
£64,039
0.23%
£154
£63,572
0.24%
Golden Jubilee
-
£106,605
-
-
£111,507
-
State Hospital
-
£35,003
-
-
£35,228
-
Scotland
£42,155
£9,756,027
0.43%
£45,236
£9,990,056
0.45%
1. Overall NHS expenditure as recorded in the costs book (Report R300). Figures shown in ‘cash terms’ (not adjusting for inflation).
2. Child and adolescent mental health expenditure as recorded in the costs book (Report R04LSX, SFR 8.3). Data has been restricted to the Hosp

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