§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the proportion taken by rate bills of average personal disposable income of householders paying rates in Scotland, in each year since 1950.
§ Mr. MillanStatistics of houselholders' personal disposable incomes are not available. On the basis of the household disposable income and rate payment statistics available from 1962 to 1974 the estimated percentages taken by rates areas follows:
Year Percentage 1962 … … … … 3.44 1963 … … … … 3.58 1964 … … … … 3.55 1965 … … … … 3.54 1966 … … … … 3.54 1967 … … … … 3.27 1968 … … … … 3.46 1969 … … … … 3.49 1970 … … … … 3.36 1971 … … … … 4.15 1972 … … … … 3.65 1973 … … … … 3.40 1974 … … … … 3.12