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Mr. Robert Hughes
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much land, in acres, is in the ownership of the Department of Agriculture in the counties of Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Angus and Perthshire, respectively.
Mr. Hugh D. Brown
The acreage of land held by the Department, on behalf of the Secretary of State, for agricultural purposes, is as follows:
| Acres | |
| Banffshire | — |
| Aberdeenshire | 2,677 |
| Kincardineshire | 4,467 |
| Angus | 2,829 |
| Perthshire | 8,531 |
Mr. Robert Hughes
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what land, in acres, is in the ownership of the Crown Estates in the the counties of Banff, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Angus and Perth, respectively.
Mr. Hugh D. Brown
The agricultural land managed by the Crown Estate Commissioners is as follows:
| County | Acreage |
| Banff | 51,000 |
| Kincardine | Nil |
| Aberdeen | 540 |
| Angus | Nil |
| Perth | Nil |
| 1972–73 | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 (estimate) | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| (a) Official shorthand writers' fees | 17,504 | 17,333 | 17,270 | 33,107 | 42,000 |
| (b) Expenses of Members and officials on Select Committee business in the United Kingdom | 3,775 | 3,548 | 3,522 | 5,414 | 9,000 |
| (c) Specialist assistance to Select Committees | 8,970 | 12,338 | 6,421 | 20,068 | 27,000 |
| (d) Expenses of Select Committees traveling abroad | 24,023 | 15,422 | 13,821 | 88,435 | 89,000 |
| Total | 54,272 | 48,641 | 41,034 | 147,024 | 167,000 |
| These figures cannot without disproportionate cost be allocated between separate Select Committees, nor is it possible to isolate the cost of printing and publishing minutes of evidence and reports or to isolate the remaining costs from the more general administrative expenses of the House. | |||||