§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the minimum payment of the community charge, including community water charge, would have been payable by pensioners on basic retirement pension income in the current financial year, for each district, island and regional authority; if he will express each sum payable as a percentage of the total community charge in that area; and if he will make a statement about the average proportion of the community charge which will have to be met by those on low incomes.
§ Mr. Ian Lang[holding answer 22 April 1988]The information requested in respect of 1988–89 is set out in the table. All pensioners whose basic state pension is their only source of income, and whose capital does not exceed £3,000, will receive the maximum community charge rebate. In most cases they will qualify for income support. Income support rates already take account of the payment of the minimum contribution to rates and of water rates: 23W in 1989–90 they will be adjusted to take account of the introduction of the community charge in Scotland. Many people on low incomes will have their full charge covered.
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Local authority area Personal community charge Community water charge Total liability Maximum rebate Amount payable Amount payable as a percentage of total liability per cent. Borders Berwick 181 24 205 145 60 29 Ettrick and Lauderdale 183 24 207 147 60 29 Roxburgh 187 24 211 150 61 29 Tweeddale 181 24 205 145 60 29 Central Clackmannan 228 16 245 183 62 25 Falkirk 217 16 233 174 60 26 Stirling 253 16 270 203 67 25 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 193 17 210 155 56 27 Nithsdale 193 17 210 155 56 27 Stewartry 193 17 210 155 56 27 Wigtown 186 17 203 149 54 27 Fife Dunfermline 230 17 247 184 63 26 Kirkcaldy 241 17 258 193 65 25 North East Fife 244 17 261 195 66 25 Grampian Aberdeen 192 28 220 154 66 30 Banff and Buchan 180 28 208 144 64 31 Gordon 178 28 206 143 64 31 Kincardine and Deeside 173 28 201 138 63 31 Moray 173 28 201 139 63 31 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 181 20 201 144 56 28 Caithness 182 20 202 146 57 28 Inverness 183 20 204 147 57 28 Lochaber 194 20 214 155 59 28 Nairn 180 20 200 144 56 28 Ross and Cromarty 189 20 209 151 58 28 Skye and Lochalsh 179 20 200 143 56 28 Sutherland 174 20 195 140 55 28 Lothian East Lothian 311 20 331 249 82 25 Edinburgh 314 20 334 251 83 25 Midlothian 303 20 323 242 81 25 West Lothian 296 20 316 237 79 25 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 256 17 274 205 69 25 Bearsden and Milngavie 265 17 283 212 70 25 Clydebank 249 17 267 199 67 25 Clydesdale 246 17 263 197 67 25 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 248 17 266 199 67 25 Cumnock and Doon Valley 239 17 256 191 65 25 Cunninghame 262 17 279 210 70 25 Dumbarton 264 17 281 211 70 25 East Kilbride 244 17 261 195 66 25 Eastwood 246 17 264 197 67 25 Glasgow 274 17 291 219 72 25 Hamilton 254 17 272 203 68 25 Inverclyde 246 17 263 196 67 25 Kilmarnock and Loudon 251 17 268 201 68 25 Kyle and Carrick 257 17 274 205 69 25 Monklands 249 17 266 199 67 25 Motherwell 244 17 261 195 66 25 Renfrew 255 17 273 204 68 25 Strathkelvin 249 17 266 199 67 25 Tayside Angus 226 19 245 181 64 26 Dundee 256 19 275 204 70 26
Local authority area Personal community charge Community water charge Total liability Maximum rebate Amount payable Amount payable as a percentage of total liability per cent. Perth and Kinross 230 19 249 184 65 26 Orkney 79 28 107 63 44 41 Shetland 187 14 201 150 51 26 Western Isles 105 20 125 84 41 33 Scotland Total 246 19 266 197 68 26 Note: Figures may not add owing to rounding.