§ Mr. Stodartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farms, listed by counties, have been classified as being eligible for winter keep; how many have been refused grants on account of material dairying, fattening or cash cropping; and how many received grants for winter keep in respect of the 1964 cropping year.
§ Mr. RossThe information requested is given in the following table:
WINTER KEEP SCHEME—SCOTLAND Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4 County Eligible Units Units ineligible because of dairying, fattening or cash cropping to a material extent Units paid grant for 1964 crops Aberdeen 1,813 15 1,477 Angus 190 — 159 Argyll 1,169 125 695 Ayr 447 342 312 Banff 813 6 638 Berwick 103 3 94 Bute 186 99 95 Caithness 718 29 445 Clackmannan 11 — 7 Cumfries 663 180 482 Dunbarton 85 24 49 E. Lothian 28 — 24 Fife 100 8 90 Inverness 901 24 447 Kincardine 299 10 176 Kinross 67 8 31 Kirkcudbright 459 120 350 Lanark 417 414 243 Midlothian 115 26 86 Moray 382 8 324 Nairn 121 — 112 Orkney 1,462 78 914 Peebles 209 21 148 Perth 956 29 689 Renfrew 113 115 50 Ross and Cromarty 745 6 210 Roxburgh 388 2 321 Selkirk 156 4 112 Stirling 306 59 198 Sutherland 273 10 93 W. Lothian 50 47 35 Wigtown 177 122 145 Zetland 583 3 72 14,505 1,937 9,323 Note
The units shown in Column 3 are not included in Column 2.