HC Deb 05 June 1962 vol 661 cc51-4W
Mr. Gourlay

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount of Exchequer equalisation grant and general grant, notified to each county council, and large burgh, and to each of the four cities in Scotland for the years 1961–62 and 1962–63; and if he will express the total grants for each authority for the respective years, as a percentage of its total estimated relevant expenditure.

Mr. Maclay

The amounts of Exchequer equalisation grant and general grant most recently notified to local authorities in Scotland are given in the table below. This shows for the landward area of each county and for each large burgh, including counties of cities:

  • in column (2): the amount of the second advance of Exchequer equalisation grant for 1961–62 (including Exchequer transitional grant where payable), based on the distribution of 95 per cent. of the total grant estimated to be available to Scotland;
  • in column (3): the general grant (100 per cent.) payable in respect of 1961–62;
  • in column (4): the percentage which the total of the grants in columns (2) and (3) represents of the estimated relevant local expenditure for 1961–62;
  • in column (5): the amount of the first advance of Exchequer equalisation grant for 1962–63 (including Exchequer transitional grant where payable), based on the distribution of 90 per cent. of the total grant estimated to be available to Scotland;
  • in column (6): the advance (96.25 per cent.) of general grant payable in respect of 1962–63;
  • in column (7): the percentage which the total of the grants in columns (5) and (6) represents of the estimated relevant expenditure for 1961–62. (Estimates of the expenditure for 1962–63 are not yet available.)

1961–62 1962–63
Local Authority Exchequer Equalisation Grant (95 per cent, distribution) General Grant(100 percent, payment) Percentage of total grant to relevant local expenditure Exchequer Equalisation Grant (90 per cent, distribution) General Grant (96.25 per cent, advance) Percentage of total grant to relevant local expenditure
Column Column Column Column Column Column Column
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
£ £ £ £
COUNTIES (Landward Areas)
Aberdeen … 718,588 1,228,886 66.5 710,228 1,219,488 65.9
Angus … 184,383 360,470 54.9 180,270 359,167 54.4
Argyll … 288,773 445,748 66.8 285,195 441,921 66.1
Ayr … 502,667 1,367,976 49.4 486,205 1,368,258 48.9
Banff … 129,562 209,593 58.1 127,454 207,091 57.3
Berwick … 145,783 232,252 67.5 144,339 231,537 67.2
Bute … 4,433 54,758 38.9 3,674 54,614 38.3
Caithness … 109,660 133,072 69.4 108,503 135,281 69.7
Clackmannan … 49,644 196,525 42.8 46,094 194,006 41.7
Dumfries … 300,095 505,360 60.1 295,436 516,701 60.6
Dunbarton … 162,703 596,890 43.0 153,177 592,701 42.2
East Lothian … 131,758 250,667 53.5 128,733 248,415 52.7
Fife … 559,589 1,269,294 50.7 542,960 1,307,124 51.3
Inverness … 673,366 727,908 70.8 666,770 737,360 71.0
Kincardine … 124,611 216,576 70.1 121,980 215,188 69.3
Kinross … 6,031 44,479 41.0 5,426 44,346 40.4
Kirkcudbright … 157,379 258,628 67.4 155,763 257,273 67.0
Lanark … 1,979,157 3,927,221 55.5 1,928,076 3,946,452 55.2
Midlothian … 407,376 838,408 59.7 397,204 844,025 59.5
Moray … 46,702 239,149 55.6 44,639 237,441 54.8
Nairn … 19,733 35,269 65.8 19,477 35,013 65.2
Orkney … 148,889 182,786 83.7 148,461 181,000 83.1
Peebles … — 70,497 37.6 — 69,579 37.1
Perth … 248,732 599,834 54.0 241,867 597,995 53.5
Renfrew … — 897,978 40.1 — 901,814 40.3
Ross and Cromarty … 559,802 717,464 80.5 556,944 718,458 80.4
Roxburgh … 116,662 194,680 59.4 114,772 193,849 58.9
Selkirk … 15,857 29,372 54.8 15,374 30,271 55.3
Stirling … 528,489 868,003 46.6 512,014 902,747 47.2
Sutherland … 330,772 248,657 85.4 329,465 251,328 85.6
West Lothian … 421,022 550,021 57.8 414,545 549,390 57.3
Wigtown … 162,286 187,865 67.7 160,968 186,192 67.2
Zetland … 276,604 172,029 90.3 276,148 170,128 89.8
LARGE BURGHS
Aberdeen … 485,692 2,400,300 44.2 450,985 2,407,909 43.7
Airdrie … 205,924 386,705 52.5 199,507 388,520 52.1
Arbroath … 58,503 196,345 45.2 55,851 195,629 44.6
Ayr … 8,211 453,066 38.7 1,858 453,796 38.2
Clydebank … 153,426 494,820 36.8 143,992 491,600 36.1
Coatbridge … 341,838 632,445 52.1 334,099 635,695 51.8
Dumbarton … — 263,570 30.9 — 261,671 30.7
Dumfries … 90,896 274,947 39.9 86,167 281,167 40.0
Dundee … 90,389 2,087,081 37.9 58,638 2,083,353 37.3
Dunfermline … — 547,168 35.3 — 561,982 36.3
Edinburgh … 4,555 4,811,308 37.2 4,100 4,883,486 37.8
Falkirk … 41,846 365,832 34.4 34,998 379,964 35.1
Glasgow … 1,456,379 11,995,385 36.6 1,247,193 12,157,822 36.5
Greenock … 369,264 742,712 49.7 359,689 743,758 49.3
Hamilton … 197,277 478,270 49.6 191,293 480,002 49.3
Inverness … 9,668 315,273 36.2 4,826 319,881 36.2
Kilmarnock … 104,887 502,831 37.2 95,816 503,048 36.7
Kirkcaldy … — 592,994 32.3 — 609,610 33.2
Motherwell and Wishaw … 29,221 823,220 35.9 16,065 828,059 35.5
Paisley … 303,961 945,173 44.6 290,453 946,380 44.2
Perth … 48,242 393,973 35.5 41,339 393,046 34.8
Port Glasgow … 183,763 232,701 62.7 181,270 232,975 62.4
Rutherglcn … 143,740 279,434 48.4 139,809 282,386 48.3
Stirling … 65,064 272,851 42.6 60,996 282,787 43.4

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