§ Mr. Henderson Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what grants have been made under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944, to what Scottish local authorities, and for what schemes.
§ Mr. WestwoodNo definite offer of grant under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944, has yet been made to any Scottish local authority, but 14 county councils in respect of water supply schemes and 25 county councils in respect of drainage schemes have been informed that, subject to examination of certain further information which they have been asked to submit, it is probable that an offer of grant can be made to them.
§ Mr. N. Macphersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now inform the House what were the total values of schemes submitted to him by each county in Scotland under Section 7 of the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944; and what grants have been promised to each county, 183W differentiating in each case between water and drainage schemes.
§ Mr. WestwoodThe total estimated cost of all the water supply and drainage schemes that have been submitted by Scottish local authorities amounts to some £46 million, including about £12 million for the provision of supplies to burghs ineligible for grant under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944. The following statement shows the estimated cost, based on present information, of the schemes submitted for each county excluding the part of the cost relating to the ineligible burghs:
Counties. Water Supply. Drainage £ £ Aberdeen … 3,500,000 303,000 Angus … 1,600,000 123,000 Argyll … 1,100,000 157,000 Ayr … 800,000 603,000 Banff … 1,000,000 Nil Berwick … 600,000 70,000 Bute … 240,000 Nil Caithness … 850,000 19,000 Clackmannan … 600,000 152,000 Dumfries … 800,000 168,000 Dunbarton … 700,000 105,000 East Lothian … 500,000 34,000 Fife … 790,000 816,000 Inverness … 1,000,000 457,000 Kincardine … 1,100,000 32,000 Kinross … 1,000 10,000 Kirkcudbright … 880,000 51,000 Lanark … 170,000 187,000 Midlothian … 1,256,000 1,364,000 Moray … 550,000 37,000 Nairn … 150,000 14,000 Orkney … 850,000 21,000 Peebles … 40,000 7,000 Perth … 2,000,000 305,000 Renfrew … 400,000 69,000 Ross and Cromarty … 1,500,000 207,000 Roxburgh … 900,000 19,000 Selkirk … 141,000 4,000 Stirling … 600,000 660,000 Sutherland … 570,000 22,000 West Lothian … 300,000 31,000 Wigtown … 1,400,000 62,000 Zetland … 775,000 345,000 … £27,663000 £6,454,000 No definite offer of grant has yet been made to any Scottish local authority, but 14 county councils in respect of water supply schemes and 25 county councils in respect of drainage schemes have been informed that, subject to examination of certain further information which they have been asked to submit, it is probable that an offer of grant can be made to them.