HC Deb 12 January 1981 vol 996 c428W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland i f he will list the subsidies paid to ferries and shipping operators plying to the islands of Scotland, with the sums going to each recipient company in each of the last five years.

Mr. Rifkind

The information is as follows:

£m at outturn prices
Capital expenditure Current expenditure Total expenditure
1975–76 94.725 89.063 183.788
1976–77 99.937 92.395 192.332
1977–78 106.868 123.625 230.493
1978–79 116.757 121.365 238.122
1979–80 (Provisional) *68.166 *15.110 *83.276
* Trunk roads only; figures for local roads are not yet available.