§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is(a) the total grant awarded to Scottish local authorities, (b) the relevant expenditure of Scottish local authorities in cash and real terms and (c) the grant as a percentage of relevant expenditure in each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. LangThe information is set out in the table.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) RSG Specific grants Aggregate grants (1) + (2) Expenditure Expenditure in real terms Grant as per cent, of expenditure £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million 1988–89 2,037.93 322.6 2,370.53 4,363.684 4,363.684 54.32 1989–90 2,243.8 253.2 2,497.0 4,690.260 4,414.362 53.24 1990–91 2,479.3 289.7 2,769.0 5,131.717 4,621.878 53.96 Notes:
(1) The figures in column 1 represent the original amount of rate or revenue support grant awarded for each year. These may have been subject to a later redetermination.
(2) In column 4 the figures are for current expenditure including loan and leasing charges and are at final outturn to 1988–89, provisional outturn for 1989–90 and budget estimate for 1990–91.
(3) Conversion to real term figures in column 5 is by means of the Treasury GDP deflator (March 1990). All years are at 1988–89 prices.
(4) Non-domestic rate income is excluded on the grounds that although since 1989–90 the level of NDRI has been controlled by central government and formed part of aggregate external finance, this was not the case in earlier years when business rate levels were set by local authorities.