Question reference: S6W-20366
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 2 August 2023
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is in place for the (a) management and (b) removal of any asbestos across the NHS estate in 2023-24.
Answer
The Scottish Government is providing the funding per the following table for the financial year 2023-24. Health boards can use this funding to manage and remove asbestos as and when it is appropriate to do so.
2023.24 | |
Health Board | £m |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | 8.7 |
NHS Borders | 2.5 |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway | 3.6 |
NHS Fife | 7.8 |
NHS Forth Valley | 6.4 |
NHS Grampian | 13.4 |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 39.3 |
NHS Highland | 6.9 |
NHS Lanarkshire | 13.0 |
NHS Lothian | 24.7 |
NHS Orkney | 1.0 |
NHS Shetland | 1.0 |
NHS Tayside | 9.9 |
NHS Western Isles | 1.3 |
NHS National Services Scotland | 2.9 |
Scottish Ambulance Service | 1.8 |
NHS 24 | 0.3 |
Golden Jubilee Foundation | 2.7 |
The State Hospital | 0.3 |
Public Health Scotland | 1.1 |
Healthcare Improvement Scotland | 0.1 |
Total | 148.8 |