§ 6 and 7. Mr. Smallasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the total amount paid to Glasgow in domestic rate relief up to the most convenient date;
§ (2) what was the total amount paid to Scottish local authorities in domestic rate relief up to the most convenient date.
§ Dr. Dickson MabonBy the end of the current local financial year Glasgow domestic ratepayers will have received almost £3 million in rate relief out of a total of about £18 million distributed to Scottish local authorities through the domestic element of rate support grant.
§ Mr. SmallMy hon. Friend will recognise that that is a substantial sum. Can 386 he give any estimate, to a convenient date, of the saving to individual ratepayers within that sum-total?
Dr. MahonIt would be very difficult for me to make a guess about that just now. I should not like to do so. But since the inception of the domestic element in 1967 there has been a net rise of 2s. 9d. in domestic rates in Glasgow, which is a little more than half the rise of 5s. 3d. in non-domestic rates.