§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent by both electricity boards on connecting remote areas to the electricity supply in each of the last ten years.
§ Mr. RossThe following estimates have been provided by the two Boards. They are not strictly comparable: the South of Scotland Electricity Board's expenditure relates to the connection of farms and isolated dwellings in any rural area; the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's expenditure relates to uneconomic connections in remote areas only:
South of Scotland Electricity Board £ thousand North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board £ thousand 1956 845 2,303 1957 767 1,022 1958 784 913 1959 611 1,079 1960 298 697 1961 247 351 1962 244 291 1963 233 357 15 months to March 1965 242 447 *1965–66 208 341 *Fiscal year.