§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will pubish in the Official Report the provisional figures on housing support grant allocations supplied to Scottish local authorities upon which several authorities were calculating future rent levels, together with the figures issued in the current month.
§ Mr. RifkindProvisional fugures of housing support grant were circulated to Scottish local authorities on 7 January 1982, when a misunderstanding between the Department and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities about the method used for calculating grant came to light. After considering specific representations by the convention and further information relevent to the allocations, I agreed to recalculation of the grant and revised provisional figures were issued on 27 January. The two sets of figures are as follows:
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Estimated Amounts of Grant Payable to Local Authorities for 1982–83 Provisional Figures Circulated 7 January 1982 Local Authority £ Berwickshire 792, 374 Ettrick and Lauderdale 622, 054 Roxburgh 1, 478, 087 Tweeddale — Clackmannan 1, 007, 150 Falkirk 2, 275, 292 Stirling 1, 555, 576 Annaddale and Eskdale 1, 507, 238 Nithsdale — Stewarty 464, 014 Wigtown 578, 035 Dunfermline 1, 509, 895 Kirkcaldy 1, 949, 570 North East Fife 957, 309 Aberdeen 8, 629, 657 Banff and Buchan 3, 733, 107 Gordon 2, 585, 672 Kincardine and Deeside 881, 125 Moray 2, 294, 695 Badenochand Strathspey 545, 399 Caithness 960, 366 Inverness 1, 741, 531 Lochaber 1, 582, 821 Nairn 204, 889 Ross and Cromarty 3, 735, 848 Skye and Lochalsh 353, 909 Sutherland 529, 309 East Lothian 2, 068, 637 Edinburgh 5, 338, 499 Midlothian 961, 638 West Lothian 712, 850
Local Authority £ Argyll and Bute 3, 039, 183 Bearsden and Milngavie 66, 677 Clydebank 2, 818, 771 Clydesdale — Cumbernauld and Kilsyth — Cumnock and Doon Valley 474, 573 Cunninghame 1, 687, 044 Dumbarton 518, 026 East Kilbride — Eastwood — Glasgow 44, 916, 522 Hamilton 2, 193, 557 Inverclyde 3, 910, 391 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 793, 643 Kyle and Carrick 1, 831, 802 Monklands 4, 432, 355 Motherwell 4, 614, 008 Renfrew — Strathkelvin 1, 524, 929 Angus 901, 455 Dundee 2, 738, 634 Perth and Kinross 314, 318 Orkney 893, 806 Shetland 2, 927, 104 Western Isles 1, 582, 232 SCOTLAND 133, 735, 576 Provisional figures circulated 21 January 1982
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Local Authority £ Berwickshire 813, 506 Ettrick and Lauderdale 727, 434 Roxburgh 1, 449, 064 Tweeddale — Clackmannan 982, 869 Falkirk 2, 449, 938 Stirling 1, 774, 502 Annandale and Eskdale 1, 633, 861 Nithsdale — Stewartry 516, 502 Wigtown 611, 326 Dunfermline 1, 297, 231 Kirkcaldy 1, 423, 809 North East Fife 1, 116, 834 Aberdeen 8, 670, 439 Banff and Buchan 3, 935, 918 Gordon 2, 616, 198 Kincardine and Deeside 996, 274 Moray 2, 812, 981 Badenoch and Strathspey 578, 781 Caithness 982, 953 Inverness 1, 689, 651 Lochaber 1, 580, 323 Nairn 255, 652 Ross and Cromarty 3, 946, 755 Skye and Lochalsh 365, 436 Sutherland 564, 397 East Lothian 2, 631, 158 Edinburgh 4, 213, 257 Midlothian 1, 311, 826 West Lothian 695, 883 Argyll and Bute 3, 218, 671 Bearsden and Milngavie 78, 613 Clydebank 2, 627, 568 Clydesdale 159, 189 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth — Cumnock and Doon Valley 437, 944 Cunningham 1, 416, 266 Dumbarton 424, 769 East Kilbride — Eastwood — Glasgow 44, 455, 391 Hamilton 2, 284, 302 Inverclyde 3, 755, 090 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 776, 627
Local Authority £ Kyle and Carrick 1, 513, 287 Monklands 4, 149, 160 Motherwell 4, 452, 097 Renfrew — Strathkelvin 1, 597, 155 Angus 1, 690, 246 Dundee 2, 968, 259 Perth and Kinross 429, 369 Orkney 876, 491 Shetland 2, 947, 578 Western Isles 1, 545, 727 SCOTLAND 134, 448, 547 The authorities to which no grant has been apportioned are those which have been left out of account under section 1(4A) of the Housing (Financial Provisional) (Scotland) Act 1978.