§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish in the Official Report details of local authority (i) revenue expenditure and (ii) capital expenditure for (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland for each of the last five years for which figures are available;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the outstanding debt on local authority capital expenditure for (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland, both as a percentage and as an actual sum, for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. AncramThe information is included in "Rating Review", published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Scottish branch. Copies are available in the Library.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of local authority expenditure for (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland consisted of Exchequer grants for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is set out in the table below:
Glasgow Scotland per cent. per cent. 1978–79 36.5 57.6 1979–80 37.3 56.9 1980–81 37.1 56.6 1981–82 32.6 52.5 1982–83 32.4 50.5