§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applicants, for each of the last 10 years, have been refused assistance under the crofters etc. building grants and loans scheme on the grounds of their income being considered too low to meet the loan repayments.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 20 April 1990]: During the past 10 years only four applications have been refused solely on the grounds that an applicant had insufficient income, and could not provide a satisfactory guarantee or guarantor, for repayment of a loan.