To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority contributed to its local area tourist board in each of the last five years. The amount of direct funding that each local authority has provided to its local area tourist board in each of the last five years is shown in the following table: Area Tourist Board Local Authority 1999-00 (£) 2000-01 (£) 2001-02 (£) 2002-03 (£) 2003-04 (£) Aberdeen and Grampian Aberdeen City Council 150,000 150,000 150,000 205,000 200,000 Aberdeenshire Council 300,000 300,000 300,000 314,500 306,000 Moray Council 163,371 163,478 163,550 169,985 151,500 613,371 613,478 613,550 689,485 657,500 Angus and Dundee Dundee City Council 246,000 246,000 246,000 246,000 246,000 Angus Council 158,000 158,000 158,000 158,000 158,000 404,000 404,000 404,000 404,000 404,000 AILLST* Argyle and Bute Council 188,000 171,750 192,000 190,000 170,000 Clackmannanshire Council 28,807 28,807 29,530 30,270 30,880 Falkirk Council 60,272 67,190 58,980 63,080 57,080 Stirling Council 279,466 268,985 274,281 260,591 243,850 West Dunbartonshire Council 54,955 57,001 60,103 71,657 66,150 611,500 593,733 614,894 615,598 567,960 Ayrshire and Arran East Ayrshire Council 79,150 79,150 79,150 79,150 79,150 North Ayrshire Council 163,200 158,300 158,300 158,300 158,300 South Ayrshire Council 145,500 141,150 142,500 192,500 142,500 387,850 378,600 379,950 429,950 379,950 Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Council 350,000 350,000 390,500 458,308 382,460 Edinburgh and Lothians East Lothian Council 194,250 200,000 206,000 212,000 212,000 City of Edinburgh Council 989,616 989,612 989,617 1,090,000 1,094,947 West Lothian Council 66,400 67,887 62,900 63,000 63,000 Midlothian Council 35,000 35,000 41,500 41,000 41,000 1,285,266 1,292,499 1,300,017 1,406,000 1,410,947 GGCV** Glasgow City Council 1,738,194 2,090,399 1,989,013 1,982,850 2,028,200 East Dunbartonshire Council 0 0 40,000 40,000 40,000 Inverclyde Council 107,816 4,334 0 0 0 East Renfrewshire Council 0 0 0 0 0 Renfrewshire Council 72,877 84,652 89,275 94,231 91,700 South Lanarkshire Council 97,000 97,000 97,000 97,000 97,000 North Lanarkshire Council 60,000 0 35,000 50,000 50,000 2,075,887 2,276,385 2,250,288 2,264,081 2,306,900 Highlands of Scotland Highland Council 507,375 487,523 497,723 507,218 555,675 Kingdom of Fife Fife Council 450,000 450,000 483,777 462,836 450,000 Orkney Orkney Islands Council 194,800 198,700 189,000 193,000 225,400 Perthshire Perth and Kinross Council 489,248 498,070 507,465 506,100 468,500 Scottiah Borders Scottish Borders Council 269,045 271,170 277,327 283,558 296.692 Shetland Shetland Islands Council 175,714 155,227 196,880 150,000 201,800 Western Isles Western Isles Council 84,050 84,050 104,050 104,000 104,000 Total LA funding 7,898,106 8,053,435 8,208,971 8,474,134 8,411,784 Notes:* Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and theTrossachs.** Greater Glasgow and ClydeValley.The figures for 2003-04 are stillsubject to external audit.