§ Mr. Pounderasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much the Highlands and Islands of Scotland received by way of grants, loans and other payments from public funds during 1971; and what was the estimated population of the Highlands and Islands at that time.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellComprehensive information about payments from public funds for the benefit of the Highlands and Islands is not readily available and disproportionate effort and cost 229W would be involved in extracting and collating it. The net grants-in-aid paid by the Government to the Highlands and Islands Development Board in the financial years 1970–71 and 1971–72 were £2,000,000 and £3,050,000 respectively.
According to the 1971 Census the provisisonal figure of population resident in the Highlands and Islands was 283,449.