§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the value of the derating concession to the shipbuilding, iron and steel, textile, and engineering industries, respectively, in each of the last eight years.
§ Mr. MaclayI regret that no details of the effect of derating on individual industries are available.
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much revenue has been lost, on account of the derating of industry, to the county councils of Fife, Midlothian, Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, and to the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, respectively, in each of the last eight years.
§ Mr. MaclayThe approximate amount of additional rates which would have been paid on industrial and freight transport subjects in these areas for the year 1956–57 if there had been no derating of such subjects under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, is shown in the following table. In view of the time required to make these calculations,188W figures are given only for the latest year for which data are available.
Year 1956–57 Area Estimated Amount £ Landward area of the County of— Fife … … 165,000 Midlothian … … 90,000 Stirling … … 117,000 Lanark … … 671,000 Renfrew … … 131,000 Ayr … … 283,000 County of City of— Glasgow … … 1,400,000 Edinburgh … … 317,000 Dundee … … 283,000 Aberdeen … … 191,000