§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by airport the Scottish Office grant made available to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. in(a) 1995–96 and (b) 1996–97. [13220]
§ Mr. ChisholmScottish Office grant to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. is not hypothecated in respect of individual airports. The amount of deficit subsidy attributed by HIAL to each airport operated by the company was as follows:
1995–96 £ 1996–97 £ Barra 426,000 864,000 Benbecula 637,000 708,000 Campbeltown 899,000 856,000 Inverness 2,651,000 1,075,000 Islay 509,000 457,000 Kirkwall 2,722,000 926,000 Stornoway 430,000 408,000 Sumburgh (non-oil1) 340,000 270,000 Tiree 510,000 388,000 Wick 741,000 1,052,000 1 Sumburgh's oil-related activities are not subsidised and in the years in question made a positive contribution to HIAL's overall finances of £1,475,000 in 1995–96 and £367,000 in 1996–97.