§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent on harbours and jetties in the Western Isles in the last 10 years.
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§ Mr. William RossComprehensive information of expenditure by all owners of harbours and piers is not available centrally. Government expenditure on piers and harbours for transport and fishery, by way of grant and loan, has been as follows:
(i) Within the parliamentary constituency of the Western Isles £ 1965–66 … … … 50,284 1966–67 … … … 54,002 1967–68 … … … 56,490 1968–69 … … … 10,697 1969–70 … … … 21,796 1970–71 … … … 86,271 1971–72 … … … 88,199 1972–73 … … … 83,551 1973–74 … … … 48,914 1974–75 … … … 176,625 Total … … … 676,829
(ii) In the Inner and Outer Hebrides as a whole, and including expenditure on mainland terminals for the transport services to the islands 1965–66 … … … 104,084 1966–67 … … … 96,628 1967–68 … … … 89,331 1968–69 … … … 30,947 1969–70 … … … 186,727 1970–71 … … … 86,271 1971–72 … … … 88,199 1972–73 … … … 184,071 1973–74 … … … 263,280 1974–75 … … … 398,030 Total … … … 1,527,568