§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total revenue for water services of the regional councils for each year since 1975; and what proportion was met from (a) industrial premises, (b) commercial premises and (c) domestic premises.
§ Mr. MillanInformation is not available on the amounts paid by different categories of ratepayer. The table below gives the revenue income of the water supply accounts of Scottish local authorities from public and domestic rates, meter charges and Exchequer grants.
staff in Scotland was 251,531. Quarterly figures are not available for 1975. Since March 1976 the quarterly percentage change in manpower numbers has been as follows:
Date Percentage Change from previous quarter March 1976 - June 1976 +0.16 September 1976 -0.5 December 1976 -0.9 March 1977 -0.2 June 1977 -1.0 September 1977 -1.0 December 1977 -0.09 March 1978 +0.12 June 1978 +0.96 September 1978 +1.44
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of local authority (a) staff and (b) manual workers in Scotland are members of index-linked pension schemes.
§ Mr. Harry EwingI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 12 March 1979.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what 671W is the total cost to the rate fund in Scotland of local government pension funds for each year since 1975–75.
§ Mr. MillanI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 12 March 1979—[Vol. 964, c.91.]