asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in view of the importance of sport and recreation to the life of the community, if he will increase the grant paid to the Scottish Sports Council to an amount equal to
radiotherapy, and radiology; and how many in each of these categories are employed full-time.
The latest date for which precise hospital consultant statistics are available is 30th September 1974. The table below shows by specialties the number of consultants then in post:that paid to the Arts Council for expenditure in Scotland.
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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what will be the amount of grant paid to the Sports Council for the coming financial year; and what is the total grant to the Arts Council for the same year.
The amounts of grant in aid to be paid to the Scottish Sports Council and to the Scottish Arts Council respectively in 1976–77 have still to be determined.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total grants paid to the Sports Council and the Arts Council in Scotland over the last five years; and if he will express these amounts per head of population.
The Scottish Sports Council was established in November 1971 and since then the grants in aid offered in total and per head of population in Scotland—based on an average population over the period of 5·2 million—are as follows:
| Financial year | Grant in aid Total | Per head of population |
| 1972–73 | £530,000 | 10p |
| 1973–74 | £870,000 | 17p |
| 1974–75 | £1,170,000 | 23p |
| 1975–76 | £1,410,000 | 27p |
| Financial year | Grant in aid Total | Per head of population |
| 1972–73 | £1,425,500 | 27·4p |
| 1973–74 | £2,179,000 | 41·9p |
| 1974–75 | £2,421,700 | 46·5p |