§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much compensation has been paid by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board in each of the last 10 years; and if he will give details of such payments.
§ Mr. RossThe approximate amount of compensation paid in each of the last ten years was as follows:
£ 1955 … … … … 56,000 1956 … … … … 37,000 1957 … … … … 108,000 1958 … … … … 171,000 1959 … … … … 160,000 1960 … … … … 182,000 1961 … … … … 62,000 1962 … … … … 96,000 1963 … … … … 97,000 1964 … … … … 91,000 £1,060,000 About two-thirds of the total related to acquisition or injurious affection of
SPECIAL RECRUITMENT SCHEME 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 (a) Number of applications for entry to Scheme 1,545 910 767 511 747 (b) Number admitted to Scheme 611 554 508 299 376 (c) Number completed teacher training 2 152 150 183 186 78W
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 (a) Number of applications for entry to Scheme No later figures available (b) Number admitted to Scheme 283 623 545 636 674 624 669 935 (c) Number completed teacher training 219 300 299 299 398 448 470 504 Note The figures in lines (b) and (c) are not comparable because of variations in the periods covered by awards made under the Scheme. These may vary in length from one term to as much as six years (one year of preliminary tuition, four years for an honours degree course at a university and one year for professional training at a college of education). The number of current awards is 1,821. agricultural efficiency and, in the course of their statutory duties, professional and technical staff give a certain amount of advice to farmers. The costs involved, consisting mostly of salaries, cannot be separately assessed.
land and rights, and the remainder to temporary disturbance during constructional work, but it is not practicable to give details of the thousands of payments involved.