§ Mr. Ian Campbellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average increase in percentage terms of the rent fixed by each of the rent assessment committees compared with the rent at time of application to the rent officer for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellInformation about average increases in rents is not readily available for all areas separately, but the following table shows the information for Scotland as a whole. Rent assessment committee determinations in 1970, 1971 and 1972 represented 11 per cent., 5 per cent. and 5 per cent. respectively of cases determined by rent officers.
state the number of cases where the final assessment was greater than the rent proposed by the rent officer.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe following is the information requested:
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1970 1971 1972 Registration Area (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) City of Aberdeen … … 15 4 20 4 27 7 Aberdeen County … … 13 2 9 1 6 3 Kincardine County … … — — — — 1 1 Moray County … … — — 1 1 1 — Inverness County … … 1 — — — — — Inverness Burgh … … — — 1 — — — City of Dundee … … 22 12 11 8 43 19 Arbroath Burgh … … 1 — 10 — — — Perth Burgh … … 1 — 6 6 — — City of Edinburgh … … 39 6 44 11 20 4 East Lothian County … … 5 — 6 — — — Midlothian County … … 12 — 3 2 1 — West Lothian County … … — — — — 9 — Fife County … … 134 6 60 1 9 2 Dunfermline Burgh … … — — 8 — — — Kirkcaldy Burgh … … — — 1 — 2 — Roxburgh County … … 1 — — — 2 2 City of Glasgow … … 33 17 156 130 340 292 Clydebank Burgh … … 7 — — — — — Dumbarton Burgh … … — — 1 1 2 — Dunbarton County … … — — — — 13 12 Lanark County … … 66 57 — — 9 5 Airdrie Burgh … … — — 1 — 1 — Coatbridge Burgh … … — — — — 4 — Hamilton Burgh … … 2 — — — 1 — Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh … 2 — — — — — Renfrew County … … 2 1 1 1 19 17 Greenock Burgh … … 2 1 5 5 12 1 Paisley Burgh … … 10 10 43 43 76 76 Port Glasgow Burgh … … — — — — 1 1 Ayr County … … 88 67 1 — 4 2 Ayr Burgh … … — — 1 1 1 1 Kilmarnock Burgh … … — — — — 1 1 Stirling County … … — — 1 — — — Clackmannan County … … — — 2 — 2 2 Falkirk Burgh … … 1 — — — — — Stirling Burgh … … 1 — — — — — Dumfries County … … 7 — — — 1 — Scotland … … 465 183 392 215 608 448 Notes:
Column (a): number of references to Rent Assessment Committees.
Column (b): number of determinations by Rent Assessment Committees of rents higher than those previously fixed by Rent Officers.