§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each district and island authority area within the area covered by the Highlands and Islands Development Board the amount of money in the form of grants and loans that the board has spent in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. John MacKay[pursuant to his reply, 2 July 1984, c. 29]: The information requested is available only for die financial years 1981–82 onward and this, at actual and 1983 prices, is set out in table 1. However, information is available on the amount of grants and loans approved by the board in each calendar year at 1983 prices for the full 10-year period and this information is set out in table 2.
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TABLE 1 Grants and Loans Expenditure £000's Island or District 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Authority Actual 1983 prices Actual 1983 prices Actual Shetland 863 980 881 992 1,751 Orkney 1,724 1,958 1,128 1,181 1,413 Caithness 810 920 1,296 1,357 1,031 Sutherland 487 553 485 508 831 Ross and Cromerty 1,377 1,564 2,553 2,673 2,478 Inverness 892 1,013 1,209 1,266 1,872 Nairn 213 242 166 174 253 Badenoch and Strathspey 330 375 682 714 806 Skye and Lochalsh 623 708 576 603 987 Western Isles 1,822 2,070 1,547 1,620 2,735 Lochaber 959 1,089 1,032 1,081 835 Argyll and Bute 2,690 3,055 3,033 3,169 3,390 Cunninghame (Arran and Cumbraes only) 199 226 339 355 256
TABLE 2 Grants and Loans Approved £000's at 1983 Prices Island or District Authority 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Shetland 1,499 1,343 771 541 814 798 990 1,194 1,069 2,406 Orkney 1,530 893 640 857 917 1,567 1,127 2,166 1,346 1,663 Caithness 1,120 1,116 1,570 1,871 2,525 988 1,353 884 1,951 1,210 Sutherland 558 538 609 801 606 1,173 665 710 374 977 Ross and Cromarty 1,812 1,487 836 1,691 2,203 1,299 1,337 2,712 2,663 2,736 Inverness 985 1,265 697 1,294 3,076 739 1,267 1,395 924 2,710 Nairn* — 87 166 9 179 306 336 128 140 175 Badenoch and Strathspey 929 49 374 612 1,177 835 1,183 422 741 891 Skye and Lochalsh 910 763 701 783 939 762 640 822 768 692 Western Isles 1,795 2,558 1,233 1,989 3,887 2,436 1,576 2,365 2,246 3,793 Lochaber 2,843 819 1,285 1,148 1,329 1,440 1,020 787 1,206 1,039 Argyll and Bute* 3,871 2,256 3,768 5,267 6,652 4,037 4,382 3,203 3,779 4,154 Cunninghame* (Arran and Cumbraes only) — 1 120 257 552 142 190 244 370 433 * Nairn and Bute and Arran were not eligible for Board assistance until 1975, and the Cumbraes until 1980.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the public bodies whose functions and responsibilities overlap with those of the Highlands and Islands Development Board.
§ Mr. John MacKay[pursuant to his reply, 2 July 1984, c. 29]: The board has wide-ranging statutory functions and responsibilities in relation to the economic and social development of its area. The Countryside Commission for Scotland, Manpower Services Commission, Scottish Development Agency and Scottish Tourist Board have statutory functions and responsibilities for Scotland as a whole, which they are empowered to exercise in the board's area. There are working arrangements between the board and these bodies for the exercise of those functions and responsibilities held in common.
In addition, the board has frequent contact with the local authorities within its area in respect of their common responsibilities.