§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, at 1987 prices, spending on(a) regional development grants and (b) regional selective assistance in the Dundee district authority area for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangTotal payments of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) and new Regional Development Grant (RDG), at estimated 1987 prices, to firms in Dundee District between 1979–80 and 1986–87 are set out in the table:
Year RSA (£ million) New RDG (£ million) 1979–80 1.1 — 1980–81 1.7 — 1981–82 1.8 — 1982–83 1.5 — 1983–84 2.5 — 1984–85 2.8 — 1985–86 2.2 0.4 1986–87 2.8 2.3 Information under the old regional development grant scheme is only available in respect of payments of over £25,000 to individual businesses in the Dundee local employment office area. These are given in the table:
Payments of old RDG at estimated 1987 prices Year (£ million) 1979–80 2.0 1980–81 2.0 1981–82 2.4 1982–83 3.4 1983–84 5.3 1984–85 6.6 1985–86 3.7 1986–87 4.6
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the rate support grant paid to Dundee district council in each of the financial years since 1978 expressed in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms expressed at 1986–87 prices; and what percentage of total spending in each year this represents.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is set out in the table:
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Dundee R.S.G. cash £000 R.S.G. 1986–87 cost terms £000 Percentage of relevant expenditure Per cent. 1978–79 4,534 8,822 48 1979–80 4,795 7,982 42
Dundee R.S.G. cash £000 R.S.G. 1986–87 cost terms £000 Percentage of relevant expenditure Per cent. 1980–81 4,941 6,938 35 1981–82 4,595 5,876 29 1982–83 5,314 6,339 31 1983–84 5,805 6,621 32 1984–85 5,550 6,063 27 1985–86 6,504 6,700 30 1986–87 6,522 6,522 28 1987–88 7,086 6,781 25 Notes:
1.The figures for the years 1978–79 to 1983–84 are final. Those for 1984–85 to 1987–88 will be varied following the next rate support grant order. The figures reflect selective and general abatement of grant, except that for 1987–88 no adjustment has been made for grant penalties since they will be restored for authorities which bring their expenditure down to guidelines on outturn.
2.The G.D.P. deflator has been used to convert R.S.G. to 1986–87 prices. The expenditure figures used in the final column are those for relevant expenditure including loan charges.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what capital allocation was authorised for housing purposes to the Dundee district council in each year since 1978, expressed in cash terms and real terms at 1986–87 prices.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonGross housing capital allocations1 to the City of Dundee district council have been as follows:
Cash Prices £million 21986–87 prices £ million 1978–79 5.575 10.847 1979–80 8.650 14.400 1980–81 9.410 13.213 1981–82 9.065 11.593 1982–83 13.177 15.720 1983–84 13.247 15.108 1984–85 14.042 15.340 1985–86 14.128 14.555 1986–87 16.402 16.402 1987–88 21.500 20.574 1 ie the aggregate of Housing Revenue Account and Non-HousingRevenue Account allocations. 2Using GDP deflators.