§ 80. Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total outstanding capital debt of Scottish local authorities in the financial years 1951, 1958, 1959, and 1960, and the amount of interest paid in respect of each of these years.
§ Mr. MaclayThe total amount of outstanding debt at the end of, and the interest paid in, each of the local authority years 1950–51, 1957–58, 1958–59 and 1959–60, was as follows:
Year Outstanding Capital Debt Interest Paid £ million £ million 1950–51 … 310 8.6 1957–58 … 685 27.3 1958–59 … 737 29.8 1959–60 … 787 32.3