§ Mr. Darlingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to the total cost to each local authority in Scotland, excluding expenditure on concessionary travel (a) of providing bus services in 1985–86 and (b) of payments made to bus operators in the period from 26 October 1986 to 31 March 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe amount of revenue support by each local authority for bus services shown in their final outturn for 1985–86 is as follows:
Regional/Islands Council £ million Borders 0.510 Central 1.271 Dumfries and Galloway 1.116 Fife 0.446 Grampian -0.276 Highland 1.156 Lothian 3.736 Strathclyde 15.787 Tayside 1.504 Orkney 0.038 Shetland 0.244 Western Isles 0.416 Total 25.948 1 Profit on local authority transport undertaking Figures are not available for local authority expenditure on payments to bus operators in the period from 26 October 1986 to 31 March 1987, but estimates which have been made suggest that payments have been running at an annual rate of around £15 million.