§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the estimated number of second homes liable for the standard community charge by local authority areas.
§ Mr. LangThe estimated number of second homes for each district and islands council area as at 30 June 1986 is set out in the following table. The figures have been derived from information supplied by local authorities.
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District/Island Authorities Second homes Berwickshire 184 Ettrick and Lauderdale 257 Roxburgh 313 Tweeddale 200 Clackmannan 37 Falkirk 125 Stirling 162 Annandale and Eskdale 171
District/Island Authorities Second homes Nithsdale 283 Stewartry 478 Wigtown 331 Dunfermline 68 Kirkaldy 126 North East Fife 801 Aberdeen City 312 Banff and Buchan 393 Gordon 355 Kincardine and Deeside 293 Moray 515 Badenoch and Strathspey 565 Caithness 205 Inverness 304 Lochaber 374 Nairn 55 Ross and Cromarty 663 Skye and Lochalsh 527 Sutherland 428 East Lothian 564 Edinburgh City 726 Midlothian 44 West Lothian 44 Argyle and Bute 2,763 Bearsden and Milngavie 3 Clydebank 35 Clydesdale 155 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 27 Cumnock and Doon Valley 38 Cunninghame 1,884 Dumbarton 311 East Kilbride 42 Eastwood 16 Glasgow City 674 Hamilton 51 Inverclyde 84 Kilmarnock and Louden 70 Kyle and Carrick 539 Monklands 65 Motherwell 16 Renfrew 141 Strathkelvin 38 Angus 599 Dundee City 208 Perth and Kinross 994 Orkney 166 Shetland 166 Western Isles 460 SCOTLAND TOTAL 19,446
§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have been fined for not registering for the poll tax to date; how many people have been placed on the register despite not having registered; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangResponsibility for compiling community charges registers rests with individual community charges registration officers and information of the kind requested is not held centrally.