Mr. Gandar Dowerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average amount per recipient of marginal 11W agricultural production subsidy paid in the different A.E.C. areas in Scotland.
§ Mr. WestwoodThe following table shows for the area of each Agricultural Executive Committee in Scotland the
SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE OF MARGINAL AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION Committee Number of subjects assisted in season 1945. Average Grant per subject. £ s. d. Aberdeen (Deer and Turriff) … 43 28 13 0 Aberdeen (Aberdeen and Ellon) … 159 28 11 0 Aberdeen (Huntly and Garioch) … 190 21 17 0 Aberdeen (Alford and Deeside) … 559 23 7 0 Angus … 137 68 14 0 Argyll, North … 294 10 1 0 Argyll, South … 215 16 7 0 Argyll, (Islay, Jura and Colonsay … 170 15 15 0 Arran … 68 14 18 0 Ayr North … 164 49 1 0 Ayr South … 127 83 2 0 Banff … 399 13 2 0 Berwick … 83 55 4 0 Bute … 37 40 11 0 Caithness … 729 13 3 0 Dumfries … 381 27 12 0 Dunbarton and Renfrew … 182 38 0 0 East Lothian … 14 53 2 0 Fife, East … 8 57 18 0 Fife West and Kinross … 71 74 5 0 Inverness (Mainland) and Nairn … 1,021 17 17 0 Inverness (Skye) … 114 16 15 0 Inverness (Outer Islands) … 13* 93 18 0 Kincardine … 95 25 13 0 Kirkcudbright … 321 40 2 0 Lanark … 361 22 12 0 Midlothian … 97 37 19 0 Moray … 342 16 4 0 Orkney … 834 6 3 0 Peebles … 96 40 9 0 Perth, East … 393 26 4 0 Perth West … 244 33 2 0 Ross and Cromarty (Mainland) … 496 24 8 0 Ross and Cromarty (Lewis and Harris) … 253 2 9 0 Roxburgh … 261 47 11 0 Selkirk … 145 21 17 0 Stirling and Clackmannan … 158 39 19 0 Sutherland … 860 7 19 0 West Lothian … 81 47 10 0 Wigtown … 309 14 11 0 Zetland … 751 5 0 0 11,274 21 5 0 * Note.—In this area townships embracing several holdings are reckoned as one subject.