§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will enumerate the services provided free to farmers by his Department; and if he will give details of the cost in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. RossThe services provided to farmers by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland or by grant-aided bodies are set out in full in the Department's Annual Report presented to Parliament, but I append a 77W note of the cost over the last five years of the grant-aided research and advisory services which are the major free items.
The Department itself carries out a variety of advisory and demonstrational activities in the interest of improving
STATEMENT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES FOR SCOTLAND Grants to Agricultural Colleges and Research Institutes in Scotland 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Agricultural Colleges … … … … 866 871 963 997 1,082 Research Institutes … … … … … 1,219 1,336 1,267 1,390 1,614 Note These figures are inclusive of both maintenance and capital grants and in the case of the Colleges are based on an approximate division of expenditure between teaching and advisory functions.