§ Mr. MacLARENasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will state, in respect of the latest financial year for which particulars are available, what is the total sum paid by the Treasury to each of the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee by way of grants in aid of local taxation, showing separately the payments for education, poor relief, road construction or repair, mental hospitals, relief of rates on agricultural land, and other purposes?
Mr. ADAMSONThe following statement contains the desired information:—
in the years 1924 to 1929 inclusive. I regret that I am not in a position to furnish similar information with regard to years prior to 1924, or with regard to the passenger traffic between Scottish ports and ports in Northern Ireland. As indicated in the reply given by my predecessor in office to a question on this subject on the 10th May, 1927, deductions can only be drawn from these figures with much reserve.
2133WNumber of passengers arriving at Scottish ports from Irish Free Stat ports:
1924 20,954 1925 20,309 1926 18,333 1927 21,430 1928 22,435 1929 (January to October inclusive) 21,496 Number of passengers leaving Scottish ports for Irish Free State ports:
1924 19,862 1925 21,539 1926 15,357 1927 19,844 1928 19,380 1929 (January to October inclusive) 18,712