§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the rate poundage fixed by the regional, district and islands authorities for the financial year 1981–2;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage increase in the rate poundage for each of the regional, district and islands authorities over the financial year 1980–81.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is set out in the table below.
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Authority Rate Poundage* 1981–82 P Percentage change (±) from 1980–81 per cent. Regional Councils Borders 76 +20.6 Central 68 +25.9 Dumfries and Galloway 68 +21.4 Fife 69 +25.5 Grampian 66 + 11.9 Highland 80 +25.0 Lothian 112 +49.3 Strathclyde 80 +37.9 Tayside 75 +36.4 Districts Councils Borders Region Berwickshire 10 — Ettrick and Lauderdale 9 +25.0 Roxburgh 13.9 +39.0 Tweeddale 8 — Central Region Clackmannan 25 +38.9 Falkirk 25 + 13.6 Stirling 40 + 122.2 Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale 10 — Nithsdale 12 +50.0 Stewartry 10 +42.9 Wigtown 7 — Fife Region Dunfermline 17 +21.4 Kirkcaldy 21 +55.6 North East Fife 16 — Grampion Region Aberdeen City 30.5 +43.5 Banff and Buchan 9 — Gordon 10 -23.1 Kincardine and Deeside 8 — Moray 12 -20.0 Highland Region Badenoch and Strathspey 11 +22.2 Caithness 14 — Inverness 17 +30.8 Lochaber 22 +15.8 Nairn 13 +30.0 Ross and Cromarty 12 -7.7 Skye and Lochalsh 15 +15.4 Sutherland 16 -5.9 Lothian Region East Lothian 24.5 +25.6 Edinburgh City 22.5 +15.4 Midlothian 22 +10.0 West Lothian 20 +11.1 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 35 +29.6
Authority Rate Poundage* 1981–82 P Percentage change (±)from 1980–81 per cent. Bearsden and Milngavic 24 +20.0 Clydebank 38 +35.7 Clydesdale 17 — Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 25 +108.33 Cumnock and Doon Valley 29 +38.1 Cunninghame 30 +30.4 Dumbarton 35 +20.7 East Kilbride 21 +23.5 Eastwood 18 + 12.5 Glasgow City 48 +37.14 Hamilton 36 +56.5 Inverclyde 30 +50.0 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 29 +26.1 Kyle and Carrick 29 +61.1 Monklands 37.5 +27.1 Motherwell 29.5 +13.5 Renfrew 35.5 +57.8 Strathkelvin 27 +28.6 Tayside Region Angus 13 +18.2 Dundee City 35 +150.0 Perth and Kinross 12 +14.3 Islands Councils Orkney 69 +11.3 Shetland 79 +5.3 Western Isles 119 +33.7 Notes:
* (1) The rate poundage figures exclude domestic water rate.
(2) Domestic ratepayers receive a reduction of 3p in the pound in both years.