Local Authorities (Expenditure)

HC Deb 04 March 1982 vol 19 cc208-11W

Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the percentage change in real terms in the level of expenditure of each local authority in Scotland for each year from 1975–76 to 1981–82.

Mr. Younger

The information, for the years 1978–79 to 1981–82, is provided in the following table. The expenditure figures quoted are the latest available and, for 1981–82, relate to budgets revised, in some cases as a result of action taken under the Local Government

Estimated Growth in Net Expenditure Relevant for Rate Support Grant* based on expenditure at November 1980 prices
Authority	Growth 1978–79 to 1979–80 percentage	Growth 1979–80 to 1980–81 percentage	Growth 1980–81 to 1981–82 percentage
Regional Councils
Borders	3.4	-0.7	1.2
Central	1.1	3.1	-1.5
Dumfries and Galloway	4.1	-0.5	-1.6
Fife	3.4	1.4	1.4
Grampian	4.8	-0.6	-0.4
Highland	4.8	-5.6	4.0
Lothian	6.8	4.3	0.1
Strathclyde	0.7	2.6	-1.2
Tayside	-0.7	-1.2	3.1
District Councils
Borders
Berwickshire	-15.6	-5.1	12.4
Ettrick and Lauderdale	-10.1	4.3	20.7
Roxburgh	6.6	-7.7	-0.3
Tweeddale	18.1	0.2	16.9
Central
Clackmannan	-2.7	-1.5	14.0
Falkirk	-2.8	-2.0	1.3
Stirling	3.8	10.8	-3.9
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale	43.9	-9.0	-0.7
Nithasdale	0.7	-2.1	-4.7
Stewartry	11.5	-3.1	3.4
Wigtown	-7.7	-6.9	25.6
Fife
Dunfermline	2.8	1.2	11.8
Kirkcaldy	9.1	3.2	-2.5
North East Fife	3.7	9.7	-13.2
Grampian
Aberdeen	25.8	-10.3	9.9
Banff and Buchan	7.1	16.3	9.9
Gordon	-3.2	54.7	6.8
Kincardine and Deeside	-4.8	-0.4	0.6
Moray	-2.2	21.0	5.0
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey	8.8	-19.0	9.6
Caithness	13.2	-5.2	-4.9
Inverness	-1.2	-9.8	-3.7
Lochaber	16.2	3.3	4.4
Nairn	10.0	-14.6	-18.7
Ross and Cromarty	4.0	4.5	-8.4
Skye and Lochalsh	36.4	-20.7	10.4
Sutherland	-4.3	3.6	-2.1
Lothian
East Lothian	13.4	4.6	-3.1
Edinburgh	6.7	0.1	0.3
Midlothian	17.3	-5.1	-2.7
West Lothian	-1.4	20.0	6.5
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute	6.2	-4.3	14.1
Bearsden and Milngavie	7.1	1.9	11.0
Clydebank	-10.8	6.0	-2.0
Clydesdale	4.9	6.0	9.6
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	9.3	17.8	3.9
Cumnock and Doon Valley	7.2	4.2	7.7
Cunninghame	13.4	-2.8	6.0
Dumbarton	5.1	-0.6	1.4
East Kilbride	5.9	-0.3	7.3
Eastwood	8.5	-12.0	-8.9
Glasgow	6.4	-2.5	0.3
Hamilton	4.2	3.7	-6.3
Inverclyde	-1.2	-9.8	10.8
Kilmarnock and Loudon	-9.8	6.8	3.4
Kyle and Carrick	7.3	-5.3	0.4

(Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981. Information in respect of the years 1975–76 to 1977–78 is not readily available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Authority	Growth 1978–79 to 1979–80 percentage	Growth 1979–80 to 1980–81 percentage	Growth 1980–81 to 1981–82 percentage
Monklands	2.8	-14.9	20.6
Motherwell	3.1	-4.4	4.7
Renfrew	1.5	9.7	5.4
Strathkelvin	-1.8	-5.3	28.7
Tayside
Angus	-4.3	-1.4	1.5
Dundee	2.2	6.9	-2.2
Perth and Kinross	-2.0	-3.0	1.2
Islands Councils
Orkney	-3.2	-3.5	14.3
Shetland	33.5	14.2	7.4
Western Isles	1.6	-0.9	-4.9
* The information is derived from returns submitted annually to the Scottish Office by local authorities. Expenditure has been revalued to a constant price base (November 1980) using factors agreed with local authorities.