§ 50. Mr. NEIL MACLEANasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much of the money voted each year since 1925 for land settlement purposes in the Estimates of the Department of Agriculture for Scotland was used in the same year for such purposes?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Sir Godfrey Collins)I am sending a tabular statement to the hon. Member containing particulars of the sums voted annually into the Agriculture (Scotland) Fund for land settlement purposes since 1926, and the net expenditure from that fund on the same object in the corresponding years. Of a total sum of £907,000 voted from 1925 to 1931 inclusive, £709,000 have been spent. The balance of £198,000 is being held in the fund against commitments which have not yet matured.