§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farm or croft holdings are estimated to occur within the environmentally sensitive areas of(a) the Shetland Islands, (b) the Cairngorm Straths, (c) the Argyll Islands and (d) the revised Machair of the Uists.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 27 February 1995]: The number of potentially eligible farm or croft holdings is estimated to be as follows:
Number The Shetland Islands 1,300 The Cairngorms Straths 400 The Argyll Islands 950 The Revised Machair of the Uists and Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay 1,050
§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers or crofters have to date completed agreements with the Scottish Office under the environmentally sensitive area schemes in(a) the Shetland Islands, (b) the Cairngorm Straths, (c) the Argyll Islands and (d) the revised Machair of the Uists.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 27 February 1995]: The number of farmers, crofters and crofters grazings committees who currently have environmentally sensitive area scheme agreements with the Secretary of State is as follows:
Number The Shetland Islands Environmentally Sensitive Area 9 The Cairngorms Straths Environmentally Sensitive Area 10 The Argyll Islands Environmentally Sensitive Area 13 Machair of the Uists, Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay Environmentally Sensitive Area (revised boundaries) 612