§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give an estimate of the number of miles of road in the Highland area built or improved by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board since its inception; and if he will estimate the financial value of this expenditure.
§ Mr. NobleThe Board's estimate is that in the course of its constructional schemes it has built or reconstructed approximately 90 miles of public roads in the Highland area at a cost of about £1 million. The corresponding figures for private roads are 139 miles and £1½ million.
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§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an estimate of the total contribution in local rates made by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to local authorities in the Highland area since its inception.
§ Mr. NobleAbout £1,347,000 has been paid in rates or in lieu of rates to the seven crofter counties.
§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an estimate of the total losses incurred by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board since its inception in connecting up remote and uneconomic consumers.
§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an estimate of the value of the houses constructed by the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board in the Highland area since its inception.
§ Mr. NobleThe Board states that approximately £800,000 has been spent by it and by the Hydro-Electric Housing Society Limited on staff houses in the Highland area.