§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the guideline for current expenditure to each regional, island and district authority for 1980–81.
§ Mr. YoungerThe 1980–81 indicative guidelines for local authority expenditure relevant for rate support grant (excluding loan charges) are as follows:
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Authority 1980–81 Guideline at November 1979 prices £m Regional councils Borders 28.10 Central 69.50 Dumfries and Galloway 37.70 Fife 83.60 Grampian 122.00 Highland 58.10 Lothian 209.00 Strathclyde 727.00 Tayside 108.00 Island area councils Orkney 7.07 Shetland 8.68 Western Isles 12.90 District councils Aberdeen 7.16 Angus 3.13 Annandale and Eskdale 0.76 Argyll and Bute 3.94 Badenoch and Strathspey 0.25 Banff and Buchan 2.07 Bearsden and Milngavie 1.59 Berwickshire 0.50 Caithness 0.74 Clackmannan 1.89 Clydebank 2.55 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2.06
Authority 1980–81 Guideline at November 1979 prices £m District councils Cumnock and Doon Valley 1.39 Cunninghame 5.90 Dumbarton 3.47 Dundee 7.13 Dunfermline 3.64 East Kilbride 3.25 East Lothian 3.06 Eastwood 1.90 Edinburgh 20.00 Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.81 Falkirk 6.56 Glasgow 49.50 Gordon 1.91 Hamilton 3.96 Inverclyde 4.50 Inverness 1.74 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 3.42 Kincardine and Deeside 0.94 Kirkcaldy 4.94 Kyle and Carrick 5.76 Lanark 2.16 Lochaber 0.55 Midlothian 3.11 Monklands 4.12 Moray 2.37 Motherwell 6.11 Nairn 0.28 Nithsdale 1.38 North East Fife 2.61 Perth and Kinross 3.72 Renfrew 10.15 Ross and Cromarty 1.18 Roxburgh 1.03 Skye and Lochalsh 0.22 Stewartry 0.55 Stirling 3.15 Strathkelvin 3.48 Sutherland 0.47 Tweeddale 0.39 West Lothian 3.48 Wigtown 0.64