HC Deb 01 June 1965 vol 713 c202W
Mr. Stodart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farms, listed by counties, have been classified as being eligible for winter keep; how many have been refused grants on account of material dairying, fattening or cash cropping; and how many received grants for winter keep in respect of the 1964 cropping year.

Mr. Ross

The information requested is given in the following table:

WINTER KEEP SCHEME—SCOTLAND
Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4
County Eligible Units Units ineligible because of dairying, fattening or cash cropping to a material extent Units paid grant for 1964 crops
Aberdeen 1,813 15 1,477
Angus 190 159
Argyll 1,169 125 695
Ayr 447 342 312
Banff 813 6 638
Berwick 103 3 94
Bute 186 99 95
Caithness 718 29 445
Clackmannan 11 7
Cumfries 663 180 482
Dunbarton 85 24 49
E. Lothian 28 24
Fife 100 8 90
Inverness 901 24 447
Kincardine 299 10 176
Kinross 67 8 31
Kirkcudbright 459 120 350
Lanark 417 414 243
Midlothian 115 26 86
Moray 382 8 324
Nairn 121 112
Orkney 1,462 78 914
Peebles 209 21 148
Perth 956 29 689
Renfrew 113 115 50
Ross and Cromarty 745 6 210
Roxburgh 388 2 321
Selkirk 156 4 112
Stirling 306 59 198
Sutherland 273 10 93
W. Lothian 50 47 35
Wigtown 177 122 145
Zetland 583 3 72
14,505 1,937 9,323

Note

The units shown in Column 3 are not included in Column 2.

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