§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much land, in acres, is in the ownership of the Department of Agriculture in the counties of Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Angus and Perthshire, respectively.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe acreage of land held by the Department, on behalf of the Secretary of State, for agricultural purposes, is as follows:
Acres Banffshire — Aberdeenshire 2,677 Kincardineshire 4,467 Angus 2,829 Perthshire 8,531
§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what land, in 859W acres, is in the ownership of the Crown Estates in the the counties of Banff, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Angus and Perth, respectively.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe agricultural land managed by the Crown Estate Commissioners is as follows:
County Acreage Banff 51,000 Kincardine Nil Aberdeen 540 Angus Nil Perth Nil The Crown Estate also includes some foreshore of and seabed adjoining these counties.
1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 (estimate) £ £ £ £ £ (a) Official shorthand writers' fees 17,504 17,333 17,270 33,107 42,000 (b) Expenses of Members and officials on Select Committee business in the United Kingdom 3,775 3,548 3,522 5,414 9,000 (c) Specialist assistance to Select Committees 8,970 12,338 6,421 20,068 27,000 (d) Expenses of Select Committees traveling abroad 24,023 15,422 13,821 88,435 89,000 Total 54,272 48,641 41,034 147,024 167,000 These figures cannot without disproportionate cost be allocated between separate Select Committees, nor is it possible to isolate the cost of printing and publishing minutes of evidence and reports or to isolate the remaining costs from the more general administrative expenses of the House.