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Harbours And Jetties (Western Isles)

Volume 895: debated on Wednesday 9 July 1975

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Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent on harbours and jetties in the Western Isles in the last 10 years.

Mr. William Ross

Comprehensive information of expenditure by all owners of harbours and piers is not available centrally. Government expenditure on piers and harbours for transport and fishery, by way of grant and loan, has been as follows:

(i) Within the parliamentary constituency of the Western Isles
£
1965–66………50,284
1966–67………54,002
1967–68………56,490
1968–69………10,697
1969–70………21,796
1970–71………86,271
1971–72………88,199
1972–73………83,551
1973–74………48,914
1974–75………176,625
Total………676,829
(ii) In the Inner and Outer Hebrides as a whole, and including expenditure on mainland terminals for the transport services to the islands
1965–66………104,084
1966–67………96,628
1967–68………89,331
1968–69………30,947
1969–70………186,727
1970–71………86,271
1971–72………88,199
1972–73………184,071
1973–74………263,280
1974–75………398,030
Total………1,527,568