§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the bridges in Scotland in regard to which it is his policy to continue to charge tolls and set out the revenue from tolls in each of the last three years or for the period from the date when tolls were first charged, whichever in each case is the earlier.
§ Mr. William RossTolls are charged in Scotland on the Forth, Tay and Erskine road bridges.
The annual gross revenue from each bridge during each of the past three years was:
Fourth Tay Erskine £ £ £ 1971 … 1,203,912 526,492 134,816* 1972 … 1,315,112 563,650 300,273 1973 … 1,461,798 642,618 374,308 * 2nd July (opening date of bridge) to 31st December 1971.