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Mr. Holland
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the total cost of running the Scottish Tourist Board in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what is the estimated charge to public funds for 1978–79.
Mr. Gregor MacKenzie
Total expenditure by the Scottish Tourist Board in 1976–77 was £1,673,000 and the grant-in-aid provision was £1,555,000. The estimated provision for the Scottish Tourist Board was £1,776,000 for 1977–78 and is £1,965,000 for 1978–79.
numbers of notified abortions per 100 live births in Scotland during 1977.
Mr. Harry Ewing
The figure requested, derived from provisional figures for both live berths and notified abortions in 1977 is 11·6.