HC Deb 03 March 1936 vol 309 cc1207-9W
Mr. M. MacMILLAN

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the number of smallholders settled in Ross and Cromarty, Inverness-shire, and Sutherland and Caithness, respectively, in each of the years 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1935 by the Department of Agriculture in Scotland;

attending primary schools and secondary school-classes in the island of Lewis and in the county of Ross and Cromarty as a whole in the years 1920, 1925, 1930, and 1935?

Sir G. COLLINS

The following table gives the required information:

island of Lewis alone in the years 1920, 1925, 1930, and 1935?

Sir G. COLLINS

The following table gives the required information:

and the total population settled on these holdings in each of those counties during each of these years?

Sir G. COLLINS

The information desired by the hon. Member regarding the number of holders settled by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland is contained in the following table:

Year of Settlement. County.
Ross and Cromarty. Inverness. Sutherland. Caithness.
New Holdings. Enlargements. New Holdings. Enlargements. New Holdings. Enlargements. New Holdings. Enlargements.
1929 18 7 38 35 1 10 4 1
1930 16 92 14 18 3 7 2
1931 9 20 22 5 22 14
1932 16 29 1 2 21 4
1933 5 14 2 3 13 11
1934 3 8 2 27 8 4
1935 26 39 1 20 5
Total 93 99 162 80 13 74 85 16
No record of the population involved in these settlements is available.

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