HC Deb 07 February 1985 vol 72 cc637-9W
Mr. Kirkwood

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the capital and current expenditure of each local authority in Scotland on tourism and tourist-related projects for the latest year for which figures are available in cash and per capita terms.

Expenditure on Tourism (including Pubicity and Development) and Caravan Sites
Local authority Gross capital expenditure Gross current expenditure
Cash £000 per head† £ Cash £000 per head† £
Regional Councils
Borders 23 0.23 119 1.18
Central 87 0.32
Dumfries and Galloway 25 0.17
Fife 77 0.23
Grampian 23 0.05 220 0.45
Highland 16 0.08
Lothian 11 0.01
Strathclyde 448 0.19
Tayside
Islands Councils
Orkney 50 2.61
Shetland
Western Isles
District Councils
Aberdeen 56 0.26
Angus 148 1.59
Annandale and Eskdale 27 0.76
Argyll and Bute 90 1.39
Badenoch and Strathspey 22 2.21
Banff and Buchan 66 0.79 90 1.08
Bearsden and Milngavie
Berwickshire 7 0.38
Caithness 10 0.36 23 0.83
Clackmannan
Clydebank
Clydesdale
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Cumnock and Doon Valley 27 0.61
Cunninghame 69 0.50
Dumbarton 4 0.05
Dundee 102 0.56
Dunfermline
East Kilbride
East Lothian 44 0.54 196 2.42
Eastwood
Edinburgh 597 1.34
Ettrick and Lauderdale 23 0.69
Falkirk
Glasgow 220 0.29
Gordon
Hamilton
Inverclyde
Inverness
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kincardine and Deeside 49 1.13
Kirkcaldy 74 0.50 134 0.90
Kyle and Carrick 261 2.31
Lochaber 6 0.31
Midlothian
Monklands

Mr. John MacKay

[pursuant to his reply, 30 January 1985, c. 205]: The latest available information is for 1982–83 and is provided in the table.

Local authority Gross capital expenditure Gross current expenditure
Cash £000 per head† £ Cash £000 per head† £
Moray 10 0.12 79 0.94
Motherwell
Nairn 4 0.40
Nithsdale 10 0.18
North East Fife 3 0.05 271 4.14
Perth and Kinross 102 0.85
Renfrew
Ross and Cromarty 15 0.32
Roxburgh 10 0.29
Skye and Lochalsh 5 0.47
Stewartry 30 1.31
Stirling 2 0.02 12 0.15
Strathkelvin
Sutherland 38 2.88 39 2.95
Tweeddale Not available
West Lothian 14 0.10
Wigtown 5 0.17
* Gross current expenditure is gross revenue expenditure excluding loan charges.
† Population figures used are the Registrar General's mid-year estimate June 1982.

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