§ Mr. EUGENE WASONasked if the Secretary to the Treasury will state the total sum allocated to Scotland under the Road Board scheme; the amount allocated to each county or local authority; the amounts actually paid to date; will he 2102W state the basis on which Scotland's proportion is calculated; whether the original scheme of allocations amongst local authorities in Scotland propounded by the Road Board has been altered in any respect; and, if so, what?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe total sum allocated by the Road Board to Scotland out of the income of the Road Improvement Fund up to the 31st March, 1912, was £220,920. As stated in the first Annual Report of the Board this amount is based on the ratio of the population of Scotland to that of the other parts of the United Kingdom. No scheme of allocations amongst local authorities has been propounded by the Board, but the following table sets forth the advances made and indicated by way of Grant and loan to the several counties.
Counties. Total Amount of Advances made and indicated by way of Grant and Loan. Payments under Grants and Loans towards Work actually carried out up to 31st October, 1912. £ £ Aberdeen 13,414 2,498 Argyll 14,000 5,558 Ayr 11,250 3,747 Banff 1,282 400 Berwick 3,300 — Bute 1,000 — Caithness 5,800 1,000 Clackmannan 1,00 — Dumbarton 5,000 180 Dumfries 11,211 4,440 Edinburgh 15,747 4,882 Fife 8,900 2,983 Forfar 3,834 1,760 Haddington 3,800 1,804 Inverness 17,353 5,033 Kincardine 2,020 200 Kinross 121 — Kirkcudbright 1,893 1,321 Lanark 8,584 6,147 Linlithgow 4,552 1,375 Nairn 1,320 — Orkney 400 — Peebles 1,500 1,166 Perth 14,900 9,281 Renfrew 5,000 2,301 Ross and Cromarty 5,950 150 Roxburgh 3,000 — Selkirk 750 160 Stirling 7,214 5,443 Sutherland 6,252 2,521 Wigtown 1,000 — Totals £181,347 £63,850