HC Deb 14 November 1912 vol 43 cc2101-2W
Mr. EUGENE WASON

asked if the Secretary to the Treasury will state the total sum allocated to Scotland under the Road Board scheme; the amount allocated to each county or local authority; the amounts actually paid to date; will he state the basis on which Scotland's proportion is calculated; whether the original scheme of allocations amongst local authorities in Scotland propounded by the Road Board has been altered in any respect; and, if so, what?

Mr. MASTERMAN

The total sum allocated by the Road Board to Scotland out of the income of the Road Improvement Fund up to the 31st March, 1912, was £220,920. As stated in the first Annual Report of the Board this amount is based on the ratio of the population of Scotland to that of the other parts of the United Kingdom. No scheme of allocations amongst local authorities has been propounded by the Board, but the following table sets forth the advances made and indicated by way of Grant and loan to the several counties.

Counties. Total Amount of Advances made and indicated by way of Grant and Loan. Payments under Grants and Loans towards Work actually carried out up to 31st October, 1912.
£ £
Aberdeen 13,414 2,498
Argyll 14,000 5,558
Ayr 11,250 3,747
Banff 1,282 400
Berwick 3,300
Bute 1,000
Caithness 5,800 1,000
Clackmannan 1,00
Dumbarton 5,000 180
Dumfries 11,211 4,440
Edinburgh 15,747 4,882
Fife 8,900 2,983
Forfar 3,834 1,760
Haddington 3,800 1,804
Inverness 17,353 5,033
Kincardine 2,020 200
Kinross 121
Kirkcudbright 1,893 1,321
Lanark 8,584 6,147
Linlithgow 4,552 1,375
Nairn 1,320
Orkney 400
Peebles 1,500 1,166
Perth 14,900 9,281
Renfrew 5,000 2,301
Ross and Cromarty 5,950 150
Roxburgh 3,000
Selkirk 750 160
Stirling 7,214 5,443
Sutherland 6,252 2,521
Wigtown 1,000
Totals £181,347 £63,850