§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the types of plants at each of the South of Scotland Electricity Board areas and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board areas and their respective output capacity each year since 1979, showing these figures in percentage terms of the overall output.
§ Mr. LangThe information, provided by the Scottish electricity boards on the same basis as their annual reports and accounts for the years in question, is as follows:
Finance Year Rent1 as a percentage of earnings2 1979–80 5.7 1980–81 5.8 1981–82 6.7 1982–83 7.3 1983–84 7.3 1984–85 7.3 1985–86 7.4 1986–87 7.8 1987–88 8.4 1Average unrebated local authority rent per dwelling per week as at 30 September, based on local authorities' statistical returns to the 293W Scottish Development Department.
2Average weekly earnings of full-time (male and female) adult employees in major production and transport industries, based on Department of Employment surveys. Separate figures for earnings of male adult employees are not available.
Note:
Average earnings figures are not available for 1988–89 or 1989–90.
§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the average weekly unrebated
294W
Average weekly unrebated local authority rent in Scotland at 30 September 1979–80 £ 1980–81 £ 1981–82 £ 1982–83 £ 1983–84 £ 1984–85 £ 1985–86 £ 1986–87 £ 1987–88 £ 1988–89 £1 Scotland 4.92 5.66 7.69 9.02 9.86 10.46 11.55 12.99 14.58 16.23 Berwickshire 5.87 6.94 8.91 11.01 11.55 12.75 13.77 14.40 15.34 16.81 Ettrick and Lauderdale 5.25 5.89 6.44 10.15 11.00 13.22 13.14 13.14 13.88 14.47 Roxburgh 5.79 6.83 9.46 11.38 12.42 13.43 14.72 16.38 16.87 18.23 Tweeddale 4.31 6.07 8.33 10.51 11.33 11.28 11.34 12.69 13.14 14.10 Clackmannan 4.62 5.33 7.19 9.33 10.25 11.21 11.66 12.86 14.34 16.32 Falkirk 3.95 5.31 6.68 8.96 10.17 10.68 11.61 12.54 13.89 15.38 Stirling 4.39 5.71 6.88 7.82 9.28 9.29 11.55 13.62 15.07 16.04 Annandale and Eskdale 5.30 6.38 8.55 10.21 11.68 12.91 13.85 15.22 16.49 18.29 Nithsdale 3.83 4.80 7.11 8.76 9.60 10.50 11.48 13.13 13.86 15.45 Stewartry 5.20 6.57 9.57 11.92 12.65 13.96 14.09 15.45 16.45 18.08 Wigtown 4.88 6.13 8.53 10.68 11.99 14.17 15.79 16.69 16.70 17.51 Dunfermline 4.79 5.74 8.47 10.63 11.66 12.16 12.15 13.46 14.70 16.67 Kirkcaldy 4.64 5.63 8.08 9.61 10.45 11.60 12.60 13.85 15.32 17.02 North East Fife 4.94 6.93 9.56 11.26 12.73 12.69 13.82 15.87 17.07 17.02 Aberdeen 4.73 5.62 5.97 6.96 7.92 8.89 11.21 12.55 14.69 16.02 Banff and Buchan 5.14 5.46 7.72 9.96 11.25 12.43 13.80 14.98 15.61 17.13 Gordon 6.16 6.68 8.23 10.17 11.41 11.91 13.63 14.91 15.11 16.41 Kincardine and Deeside 4.41 5.35 7.54 9.46 10.52 11.80 13.01 13.85 14.34 14.70 Moray 5.34 6.79 7.76 8.02 10.35 11.64 13.58 14.03 15.66 17.35 Badenoch and Strathspey 4.95 6.54 8.44 9.88 11.52 12.56 13.50 15.35 15.32 16.90 Caithness 4.19 5.02 6.89 8.41 9.67 11.75 12.65 13.69 14.84 16.48 Inverness 5.69 6.37 9.60 9.80 10.54 11.28 13.19 14.02 15.96 18.01 Lochaber 4.43 4.74 8.23 10.65 11.36 12.28 12.98 14.29 16.03 16.96 Nairn 4.84 5.22 7.50 9.97 11.23 12.15 13.53 14.68 15.79 17.28 Ross and Cromarty 5.12 6.27 8.25 9.75 10.75 11.99 12.73 14.73 15.85 17.46 Skye and Lochalsh 4.96 7.02 8.07 10.41 11.08 13.02 14.91 17.13 14.97 17.45 Sutherland 5.56 6.31 8.72 9.79 10.76 11.83 12.80 14.17 14.43 15.56 East Lothian 4.88 5.70 7.30 8.55 10.23 11.10 12.39 13.36 14.71 16.16 Edinburgh 6.52 7.63 9.54 11.04 12.28 13.53 13.35 13.39 15.23 17.10 Midlothian 4.76 5.72 7.19 9.03 9.90 10.77 11.83 12.76 13.71 14.71 West Lothian 4.36 5.29 8.18 9.76 10.48 10.98 11.78 12.63 13.53 14.85 Argyll and Bute 5.44 6.87 9.73 11.84 13.43 14.61 15.32 15.31 15.80 18.14 Bearsden and Milngavie 5.49 5.85 8.85 10.25 10.87 11.45 12.17 14.23 16.58 18.15 Clydebank 4.03 5.43 7.04 8.52 9.04 10.04 12.19 15.04 17.06 19.29 Clydesdale2 4.59 6.07 7.51 9.22 9.69 10.70 12.15 13.02 13.85 15.66 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4.90 6.32 8.93 10.13 10.12 10.61 12.74 14.75 16.42 18.11 Cumnock and Doon Valley 4.02 5.10 7.46 8.85 9.89 10.39 11.11 12.15 13.61 14.97 Cunninghame 5.17 5.17 7.14 8.01 8.84 8.85 8.85 10.50 13.01 14.80 Dumbarton 4.02 4.70 7.49 8.51 8.56 9.38 9.38 11.68 14.60 18.08 East Kilbride 4.63 6.49 8.34 10.56 11.43 12.44 13.49 15.55 16.53 17.48 Eastwood 5.14 6.06 8.50 9.96 10.52 11.02 11.50 11.94 12.45 13.74 Glasgow 5.33 6.45 8.39 9.10 9.61 9.63 10.65 12.61 14.63 16.95 Hamilton 4.17 4.86 6.26 8.28 9.33 10.03 10.95 12.80 14.86 15.93 Inverclyde 5.29 5.93 7.30 7.81 8.31 9.08 11.30 12.40 13.33 14.36 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 4.39 5.71 7.96 8.58 9.08 9.59 10.59 12.42 13.85 14.84 Kyle and Carrick 5.27 5.30 6.25 8.59 9.61 10.42 12.18 13.37 14.38 15.57 Monklands 4.39 5.23 6.57 8.34 9.30 9.30 11.32 13.68 15.50 16.93 Motherwell 4.36 5.20 7.40 7.91 8.91 9.91 11.27 12.46 14.10 15.09 Renfrew 4.43 5.34 7.19 8.10 8.33 8.81 9.81 11.50 12.99 14.11 Strathkelvin 4.34 5.68 8.54 9.22 9.69 10.57 11.62 14.18 15.31 17.15 Angus 4.73 5.12 8.03 9.05 10.74 11.70 12.66 13.77 14.58 14.73 Dundee 5.08 5.91 5.91 7.26 8.07 8.80 9.82 11.63 13.61 16.18 Perth and Kinross 4.01 5.19 7.66 10.54 10.78 10.77 11.93 12.93 13.88 14.67 Orkney Islands 5.65 6.75 7.93 9.33 10.12 11.00 13.16 14.49 15.99 17.49 Shetland Islands 4.75 5.60 8.00 10.43 10.57 10.52 13.43 14.97 15.93 17.40 Western Isles 5.32 7.19 9.48 12.12 13.04 14.88 15.47 16.50 17.52 18.63 1 1988–89 figures taken from Rating Review Estimates of Income and Expenditure published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. 2 Prior to 1980 this was Lanark District. local authority rent in Scotland for each of the financial years 1979–80 to 1989–90, expressed by local authority area.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the table. Local authorities have yet to set their rent levels for 1989–90.