HC Deb 14 December 1976 vol 922 cc680-1W
Mr. Grimond

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what capital grants were made: (a) to the Shetland Islands Council and (b) to the Orkney Islands Council in each of the last three years.

Mr. Millan

The annual returns submitted by the former local authorities on the Shetland and Orkney Isles indicate that capital grants and reimbursements were paid as follows:

1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
Orkney … 44,922 287,953 367,762*
Shetland … 328,192 265,973 457,719*

The information for 1975–76 is not yet available.

* Provisional.

Mr. Grimond

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what grants were made from the Exchequer to bodies in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland other than the Islands Councils of Orkney and Shetland in each of the last three years.

Mr. Millan

I shall write to the right hon. Member as soon as possible.