§ Mr. Brewisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state for each of the rural counties of Scotland what percentage of the cost of subsidising local bus services would fall on the ratepayers, taking into account the relevant amount of rate support grant applicable in each case.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe cost to ratepayers of subsidising local bus services is offset both by the 50 per cent. grant under the 1968 Transport Act and by resources element of rate support grant where this element is payable. As calculated for the year 1969–70, the net proportions of cost which would fall to be met from rates in the landward areas of counties are shown in the table below:
Per cent. Aberdeen … … … 28.56 Angus … … … 31.84 Argyll … … … 32.85 Ayr … … … 34.19 Banff … … … 32.80 Berwick … … … 31.00 Bute … … … 35.73 Caithness … … … 25.35 Clackmannan … … … 46.61 Dumfries … … … 31.49 Dunbarton … … … 41.06 East Lothian … … … 39.00 Fife … … … 33.32 Inverness … … … 29.78 Kincardine … … … 29.71 Kirkcudbright … … … 34.30 Lanark … … … 34.83 Midlothian … … … 33.63 Moray … … … 40.84 Nairn … … … 28.92 Orkney … … … 13.35 Peebles … … … 50.00 Perth … … … 35.46 Kinross … … … 50.00 Renfrew … … … 46.26 Ross and Cromarty … … … 19.11 Roxburgh … … … 30.12 Selkirk … … … 29.55 Stirling … … … 34.72 Sutherland … … … 22.41 West Lothian … … … 35.12 Wigtown … … … 26.11 Zetland … … … 8.27