MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEasked the Secretary to the Treasury what is the amount allocated to the counties of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney and Zetland, and Argyll, respectively, as mileage Grant; how is it proposed to spend the £800 surplus, now that Perthshire has been removed from the Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Bill; and how is it proposed to reimburse the Lowlands of Scotland for the loss of £800 incurred on their mileage Grant by the inclusion of the Highlands of Perthshire in their area?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe amounts referred to in the first part of the question are: Inverness, £2,310; Ross and Cromarty, £1,560; Sutherland, £490; Caithness, £250; Orkney, £170; Zetland, £700; and Argyll, £1,940. The sum of £800 has, as was explained in reply to the Noble Lord on the 31st ultimo, already been allocated to the area in question for the current year, and the two latter parts of the question do not, therefore, at present arise.