asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of lenders approved, and their value, under the crofter counties road programme in each of the last three years.
The following table gives this information:
| Year | Number | Value (£'000) | ||
| 1963–64 | … | … | 8 | 1,686 |
| 1964–65 | … | … | 5 | 646 |
| 1965–66 | … | … | 8 | 1,688 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total mileage and value of motorways and dual carriageways built in Scotland in each of the years from 1959 to 1964.
The information requested is as follows for trunk roads:
| Year | Mileage | Cost £'000 | ||
| 1959 | … | … | 1·56 | 173 |
| 1960 | … | … | 6·78 | 1,872 |
| 1961 | … | … | 10·94 | 2,406 |
| 1962 | … | … | 25·42 | 5,166 |
| 1963 | … | … | 12·9 | 3,888 |
| 1964 | … | … | 6·52 | 2,519 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many road programmes were cut or deferred in Scotland in 1965 and 1966, county by county.
employed on hill farms in Scotland and in Perthshire, respectively; how many are self-employed; and how many are employees.
The most recent available figures of regular workers which are based on the returns made by farmers for June, 1965, are as follows:
In the year 1965–66 the total estimated cost of trunk road schemes deferred was about £420,000, representing 1·8 per cent. of the schemes due to start in the year; and the estimated cost of classified road schemes deferred was about £860,000, requiring grant of about £590,000 and representing 5·8 per cent. of the classified road programme for the year. Deferments affected the programmes of Edinburgh Town Council, Berwick, Clackmannan, Fife, Kirkcudbright, Midlothian, Moray, Peebles, Perth and Kinross and Roxburgh County Councils.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total mileage of roads built in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
The mileages of new and improved roads in Scotland, including township roads, on which work has been completed since 1956 are as follows:
| Year | Miles completed | |||
| 1956–57 | … | … | … | 64 |
| 1957–58 | … | … | … | 58 |
| 1958–59 | … | … | … | 91 |
| 1959–60 | … | … | … | 137 |
| 1960–61 | … | … | … | 115 |
| 1961–62 | … | … | … | 74 |
| 1962–63 | … | … | … | 114 |
| 1963–64 | … | … | … | 135 |
| 1964–65 | … | … | … | 108 |
| 1965–66 | … | … | … | 168 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of money spent on roads in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
The annual expenditure on public roads in Scotland from 1956–57 onwards was as follows:
| Year | Total expenditure (£'000) |
| 1956–57 | 12,857 |
| 1957–58 | 15,070 |
| 1958–59 | 17,429 |
| 1959–60 | 21,905 |
| 1960–61 | 25,500 |
| 1961–62 | 29,342 |
| 1962–63 | 31,133 |
| 1963–64 | 34·123 |
| 1964–65 | 36,016 |
| 1965–66 (provisional) | 39,100 |