§ Mr. Grimondasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farms, by counties, in Scotland which had been getting marginal agricultural production grants have been excluded from the Winter Keep Scheme.
1. 2. 3. 4. County Number of farms receiving M.A.P. in 1963 Number of farms in Column 2 ineligible for Winter keep Total number of farms eligible for Winter keep On account of land classification On account of material dairying, fattening or cash cropping Other reasons* Total Aberdeen … 805 47 3 1 51 1,754 Angus … 98 1 — — 1 197 Argyll … 393 — 51 7 58 1,244 Ayr … 171 1 85 — 86 439 Banff … 486 7 5 5 17 796 Berwick … 60 6 1 — 7 100 Bute … 44 — 21 — 21 197 Caithness … 417 2 14 67 83 712 Clackmannan … 4 1 — — 1 9 Dumfries … 259 5 82 1 88 640 Dunbarton … 16 — 6 — 6 82 East Lothian … 14 1 — — 1 28 Fife … 32 2 1 — 3 99 Inverness … 384 8 16 60 84 933 Kincardine … 73 2 — — 2 286 Kinross … 30 8 8 — 16 69 Kirkcudbright … 246 — 74 — 74 411 Lanark … 195 — 134 — 134 399 Midlothian … 78 10 17 — 27 113 Moray … 353 28 3 1 32 401 Nairn … 101 2 — 1 3 125 Orkney … 883 — 29 220 249 1,428 Peebles … 118 20 13 — 33 204 Perth … 407 8 14 1 23 949 Renfrew … 35 1 22 — 23 108 Ross and Cromarty … 226 29 7 37 73 801 Roxburgh … 188 13 2 2 17 396 Selkirk … 88 8 3 1 12 158 Stirling … 107 10 27 — 37 297 Sutherland … 64 1 10 6 17 279 West Lothian … 78 14 38 — 52 56 Wigtown … 100 6 33 1 40 175 Zetland … 41 — 2 14 16 595 SCOTLAND … 6,594 241 721 425 1,387 14,480 * 402 of these are farms which are eligible for crofting grants.