asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the estimated investment in Scottish freshwater fishing, over the past 10 years by (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector.
I have no basis for making such an estimate for the private sector, and investment in the public sector could not be estimated except at excessive cost.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated market value of Scottish freshwater fishing rights which are (a) in private ownership and (b) in public ownership.
No data are available to estimate the value of private freshwater fishing rights separately from salmon fishing rights, and the value of freshwater fishings in public ownership could not be obtained except at excessive cost.
| Gross Advances (£'000) | ||||||
| Local Authority | 1972–73 | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | |||
| Badenoch and Strathspey | … | … | … | — | — | — |
| Caithness | … | … | … | 56 | 166 | 139 |
| Inverness | … | … | … | 80 | 22 | 39 |
| Lochaber | … | … | … | 36 | 92 | 326 |
| Nairn | … | … | … | — | — | — |
| Ross and Cromarty | … | … | … | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Skye and Lochalsh | … | … | … | — | — | 15 |
| Sutherland | … | … | … | 31 | 69 | 161 |
| Aberdeen | … | … | … | 188 | 474 | 1,109 |
| Banff and Buchan | … | … | … | 77 | 166 | 406 |
| Gordon | … | … | … | 81 | — | 746 |
| Kincardine and Deeside | … | … | … | 41 | — | 133 |
| Moray | … | … | … | 35 | 130 | 49 |
| Angus | … | … | … | 119 | 170 | 117 |
| Dundee | … | … | … | 23 | 21 | 65 |
| Perth and Kinross | … | … | … | 137 | — | 88 |
| Dunfermline | … | … | … | 48 | 79 | 67 |
| Kirkcaldy | … | … | … | 192 | 335 | 266 |
| North East Fife | … | … | … | 187 | 255 | 145 |
| Edinburgh | … | … | … | 1,226 | 1,336 | 3,127 |
| East Lothian | … | … | … | 94 | 241 | 282 |
| Midlothian | … | … | … | 77 | 63 | 42 |
| West Lothian | … | … | … | 63 | 99 | 78 |
| Clackmannan | … | … | … | 28 | 55 | 68 |
| Falkirk | … | … | … | 91 | 112 | 156 |
| Stirling | … | … | … | 80 | 130 | 133 |
| Berwickshire | … | … | … | 6 | 27 | 33 |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | … | … | … | 11 | 30 | 49 |
| Roxburgh | … | … | … | 84 | 75 | 258 |
| Tweeddale | … | … | … | — | — | — |
| Argyll and Bute | … | … | … | 341 | 286 | 395 |
| Bearsden and Milngavie | … | … | … | 13 | 3 | 8 |
| Strathkelvin | … | … | … | 167 | 269 | 346 |
| Clydebank | … | … | … | 66 | 39 | 84 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | … | … | … | 12 | 36 | 38 |
| Cumnock and Doon | … | … | … | 1 | — | — |
| Cunninghame | … | … | … | 259 | 379 | 302 |
| Dumbarton | … | … | … | 147 | 291 | 242 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated market value of Scottish freshwater fishing rights which have passed to their present owners by virtue of heredity.
I have no basis for making such an estimate.