HC Deb 14 May 1973 vol 856 cc263-4W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the 22 county areas receiving Government assistance under Section 34 of the Transport Act 1968.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

In the financial year 1972–73 Government grant under Section 34 of the Transport Act 1968 for bus services was paid to local authorities in the following counties:

  • Aberdeen.
  • Argyll.
  • Ayr.
  • Banff.
  • Bute.
  • Dumfries.
  • East Lothian.
  • Fife.
  • Inverness.
  • Kincardine.
  • Kirkcudbright.
  • Lanark.
  • Midlothian
  • Moray.
  • Nairn.
  • Orkney.
  • Peebles.
  • Perth.
  • Ross and Cromarty.
  • Roxburgh.
  • Sutherland.
  • Wigtown.

In some of these counties assistance was also given towards rural ferry services. Grants for ferry services only were given in Shetland.