Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the number of parishes and district councils, respectively, in each of the counties of Scotland, and the number of committees of such councils which have been appointed under Section 33 of the Local Government Act of 1894, and the Local Government Act of 1929, Section 1 (2) (b)?
§ Sir G. COLLINSFollowing is the information required:
County. No. of Parishes. No. of District Councils. Aberdeen 83 8 Angus 53 6 Argyll 39 10 Ayr 44 10 Banff 22 6 Berwick 32 3 Bute 6 3 Caithness 10 5 Clackmannan 5 2 Dumfries 43 8 Dunbarton 12 6 East Lothian 24 5 Fife 60 7 Inverness 33 9 Kincardine 19 5 Kinross 5 — Kirkcudbright 28 6 Lanark 40 9 Midlothian 22 8 Moray 19 6 Nairn 4 — Orkney 21 10 Peebles 14 4 Perth 71 5 Renfrew 15 5 Ross and Cromarty 33 12 Roxburgh 30 4 Selkirk 7 2 Stirling 22 8 Sutherland 13 6 Westlothian 11 6 Wigtown 17 2 Zetland 12 13 Totals 869 199 There are 10 cases where a parish is situated in two counties. Such parishes have been assigned in the above table to the county in which the larger part of the parish is situated. Information is not 1207W available as to the number of committees appointed by district councils.