asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount of capital invested in fixed assets by the South of Scotland Electricity Board and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electricity Board in each of the last ten years.
The figures are as follows:
| South of Scotland Electricity Board £ million | North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board | |||
| 1956† | … | … | 16·9 | 19·5 |
| 1957† | … | … | 19·2 | 16·9 |
| 1958–59 | … | … | 27·5 | 15·6 |
| 1959–60 | … | … | 26·0 | 13·4 |
| 1960–61 | … | … | 27·2 | 11·1 |
| 1961–62 | … | … | 34·4 | 13·5 |
| 1962–63 | … | … | 36·2 | 15·3 |
| 1963–64 | … | … | 41·5* | 17·8 |
| 1964–65 | … | … | 44·1 | 18·4 |
| 1965–66 | … | … | 46·1 | 14·9 |
| * Includes £10m. for initial charge of nuclear fuel. | ||||
| † Calendar year figures. | ||||
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount of Exchequer advances made to both of the Scottish electricity boards in each of the last ten years.
The gross Exchequer advances were as follows:
| South of Scotland Electricity Board | North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board | |||
| Year | £ million | £ million | ||
| 1956–57 | … | … | 5·25 | 19·9 |
| 1957–58 | … | … | 12·0 | 17·4 |
| 1958–59 | … | … | 17·75 | 15·5 |
| 1959–60 | … | … | 22·5 | 15·3 |
| 1960–61 | … | … | 20·75 | 11·4 |
| 1961–62 | … | … | 29·75 | 12·6 |
| 1962–63 | … | … | 31·0 | 15·0 |
| 1963–64 | … | … | 42·0 | 19·6 |
| 1964–65 | … | … | 35·5 | 19·5 |
| 1965–66 | … | … | 35·0 | 16·7 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the maximum resale price fixed by both of the Scottish electricity boards in each of the last five years.
Maximum resale prices of electricity for domestic purposes were first fixed by the Scottish Electricity Boards on 1st July, 1965. These prices, which still apply, are as follows:
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board
A charge per unit 0·25d. more than the lowest rate in the Board's domestic tariff, with the addition of a charge of not more than 4d. for each day on which the supply is made available
South of Scotland Electricity Board
( a) Either (i) a charge per unit of not more than one-eighth of a penny above the lowest price per unit in the Board's tariff applicable t3 the supply from which the electricity is teing resold,
or (ii) a charge per unit of not more than one-eighth of a penny above the lowest price per unit in the Board's domestic tariff, whichever is the higher; with the addition of
( b) a charge of not more than 4d. for each day on which the supply is made available.