(a) The total amount of capital charges paid by NHS boards in each of the last five years is: 2000-01 (£000) 2001-02 (£000) 2002-03 (£000) 2003-04 (£000) 2004-05 (£000) Argyll and Clyde 26,213 26,179 25,276 19,856 23,634 Ayrshire and Arran 20,157 20,411 19,681 15,205 21,913 Borders 6,595 6,375 5,704 4,652 6,011 Dumfries and Galloway 9,064 7,304 7,703 5,951 5,772 Fife 16,915 16,709 15,762 13,882 16,905 Forth Valley 14,961 14,491 13,953 10,249 12,130 Grampian 33,961 34,492 34,392 25,290 25,675 Greater Glasgow 60,697 61,279 63,870 49,574 58,969 Highland 13,870 13,949 14,006 11,362 11,400 Lanarkshire 22,236 20,095 18,464 14,350 18,826 Lothian 42,192 42,124 40,878 32,802 36,402 Orkney 1,321 1,515 1,513 1,190 1,163 Shetland 1,901 2,126 2,058 1,711 2,029 Tayside 44,851 38,462 33,015 23,974 23,610 Western Isles 3,938 4,393 4,547 3,487 3,712 State Hospital 2,772 2,855 3,013 2,696 2,598 National Waiting Times Centre Board - - 4,614 7,397 6,706 321,644 312,759 308,449 243,628 277,455 The boards’ capital charges are taken from the published annual accounts...