HC Deb 14 July 1959 vol 609 c16W
Mr. Brewis

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what assistance, by way of grant, will be available to the Burgh of Castle Douglas, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, towards the cost of its new sewerage works.

Mr. Maclay

Expenditure by the Burgh of Castle Douglas in respect of its proposed sewerage works will be regarded as relevant expenditure for the purposes of Exchequer Equalisation Grant. The Town Council's Exchequer Equalisation Grant for 1958–59 has been provisionally fixed at 30.3 per cent.