HC Deb 10 February 1992 vol 203 cc404-11W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide, in relation to rent arrears for each district and islands council in Scotland for 1985–86 and each succeeding year for which the information is available(a) the number of tenants in arrears and this figure as a percentage of all local authority tenants, (b) the average and total amounts due and (c) the total amount as a percentage of local authorities' revenue from rents.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 28 January 1992]: The available information is shown in the following tables, which should be read in conjunction with the following notes:

  1. (1) Information on local authority rent arrears relates to the amounts outstanding on a particular date rather than to financial years.
  2. (2) Until 1988, rent arrears information was collected from local authorities on the basis of the position at 30 September. Thereafter, it has been collected on the basis of the position at 31 March. No information on rent arrears on any date in 1989 was collected.
  3. (3) Column 1 in the tables shows the number of local authority tenants who were in arrears of rent on the relevant date shown at the head of the table.
  4. (4) Column 2 in the tables shows for each local authority the number of tenants in arrears expressed as a percentage of the total number of tenants of that authority.
  5. (5) Column 3 in the tables shows the average arrears per tenant (in £) of those tenants in arrears.
  6. (6) Column 4 in the tables shows the total amount of arrears outstanding (in £ million) for each authority on the relevant date shown at the head of the table.
  7. (7) Column 5 expresses the corresponding figure shown in column 4 as a percentage of the standard rental income for the financial year in which the relevant date at the head of the table occurs.

30 September 1985 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Berwickshire 575 22.1 75 0.043 2.3
Ettrick and Lauderdale 851 19.4 34 0.029 1.0
Roxburgh 2,374 40.5 68 0.162 3.6
Tweeddale 330 22.0 59 0.020 2.2
Clackmannan 3,226 35.3 53 0.170 3.0
Falkirk 12,859 41.1 47 0.605 3.2
Stirling 5,959 47.2 61 0.363 4.7
Annandale and Eskdale 1,291 25.4 70 0.090 2.5
Nithsdale 2,730 34.2 51 0.138 2.9
Stewartry 673 27.8 25 0.017 1.0
Wigtown 721 16.0 93 0.067 1.8
Dunfermline 6,739 33.0 69 0.467 3.6
Kirkcaldy 9,380 38.4 41 0.382 2.4
North East Fife 1,661 22.7 38 0.064 1.3
Aberdeen 5,746 15.2 99 0.569 2.6
Banff and Buchan 2,923 24.1 67 0.195 2.2
Gordon 789 14.3 49 0.038 1.0
Kincardine and Deeside 317 9.3 81 0.026 1.1
Moray 1,859 17.5 22 0.042 0.6
Badenoch and Strathspey 271 24.3 44 0.012 1.5
Caithness 960 24.5 27 0.026 1.0
Inverness 2,525 37.5 54 0.137 2.9
Lochaber 1,511 46.6 58 0.088 3.9
Nairn 223 21.0 23 0.005 0.7
Ross and Cromarty 2,882 46.6 74 0.214 5.2
Skye and Lochalsh 108 14.5 229 0.025 4.3
Sutherland 396 23.4 36 0.014 1.3
East Lothian 4,205 28.1 51 0.214 2.3
Edinburgh 16,332 31.2 61 0.993 2.8
Midlothian 4,710 40.1 52 0.244 3.4
West Lothian 6,495 30.6 23 0.151 1.1
Argyll and Bute 2,591 31.7 25 0.065 1.0
Bearsden and Milngavie 576 32.1 53 0.030 2.7
Clydebank 5,273 45.1 98 0.517 7.0
Clydesdale 1,840 19.2 40 0.074 1.2
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2,281 52.9 173 0.394 13.8
Cumnock and Doon Valley 3,370 33.4 80 0.269 4.6
30 September 1985 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Cunninghame 5,000 22.1 34 0.170 1.6
Dumbarton 5,521 43.5 88 0.486 7.8
East Kilbride 578 39.5 61 0.036 3.5
Eastwood 193 10.5 132 0.025 2.4
Glasgow 69,126 41.1 84 5.814 6.3
Hamilton 7,988 35.2 67 0.538 4.2
Inverclyde 4,905 25.7 52 0.254 2.3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 4,530 26.3 25 0.113 1.2
Kyle and Carrick 3,882 22.1 49 0.190 1.7
Monklands 7,126 25.2 83 0.595 3.6
Motherwell 17,611 44.9 42 0.743 3.2
Renfrew 10,770 28.3 43 0.463 2.4
Strathkelvin 4,554 44.0 103 0.469 7.4
Angus 3,143 23.5 30 0.094 1.1
Dundee 13,259 33.4 37 0.488 2.4
Perth and Kinross 4,119 27.5 32 0.133 1.4
Orkney Islands 787 53.6 43 0.034 3.4
Shetland Islands 1,080 41.0 88 0.095 4.8
Western Isles 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
1 Rent arrears figures not available.
30 September 1986 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Berwickshire 475 18.4 91 0.043 2.2
Ettrick and Lauderdale 863 20.2 34 0.029 1.0
Roxburgh 2,381 41.5 73 0.173 3.5
Tweeddale 282 19.1 45 0.013 1.3
Clackmannan 3,900 43.0 95 0.369 6.0
Falkirk 10,417 33.7 47 0.491 2.4
Stirling 5,252 42.3 80 0.419 4.7
Annandale and Eskdale 1,331 26.5 76 0.102 2.6
Nithsdale 2,339 29.9 55 0.129 2.4
Stewartry 666 27.8 27 0.018 0.9
Wigtown 687 15.6 95 0.065 1.7
Dunfermline 6,914 34.1 66 0.457 3.3
Kirkcaldy 9,289 39.9 45 0.420 2.4
North East Fife 1,457 20.7 63 0.092 1.6
Aberdeen 6,472 17.2 100 0.646 2.6
Banff and Buchan 3,515 29.4 78 0.274 2.9
Gordon 820 15.0 58 0.047 1.1
Kincardine and Deeside 381 10.9 84 0.032 1.3
Moray 2,128 20.4 23 0.049 0.6
Badenoch and Strathspey 198 18.0 32 0.006 0.7
Caithness 1,037 26.6 36 0.037 1.3
Inverness 2,082 30.9 55 0.115 2.3
Lochaber 405 13.2 157 0.064 2.6
Nairn 261 24.3 23 0.006 0.7
Ross and Cromarty 3,045 49.6 49 0.151 3.2
Skye and Lochalsh 78 9.9 466 0.036 5.3
Sutherland 394 23.2 44 0.017 1.4
East Lothian 4,214 28.5 49 0.206 2.0
Edinburgh 15,946 31.1 65 1.039 3.0
Midlothian 4,936 42.8 50 0.246 3.2
West Lothian 6,400 30.6 25 0.159 1.1
Argyll and Bute 2,786 34.6 39 0.109 1.7
Bearsden and Milngavie 569 32.2 65 0.037 2.8
Clydebank 5,213 45.1 93 0.482 5.3
Clydesdale 2,001 21.0 48 0.095 1.5
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2,358 55.7 199 0.468 14.3
30 September 1986 Column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Cumnock and Doon Valley 3,057 30.9 84 0.256 4.1
Cunninghame 5,500 24.5 35 0.190 1.6
Dumbarton 7,101 56.3 76 0.542 7.0
East Kilbride 441 31.0 77 0.034 3.0
Eastwood 204 11.1 146 0.030 2.6
Glasgow 82,239 49.2 103 8.486 7.8
Hamilton 8,284 36.8 44 0.362 2.4
Inverclyde 4,973 26.7 70 0.350 2.9
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 4,530 26.7 60 0.271 2.5
Kyle and Carrick 4,086 23.8 46 0.187 1.6
Monklands 15,421 54.8 48 0.733 3.6
Motherwell 15,781 40.8 37 0.589 2.4
Renfrew 11,322 30.2 54 0.606 2.7
Strathkelvin 5,206 50.3 71 0.369 4.8
Angus 3,150 24.0 35 0.111 1.2
Dundee 14,824 37.9 62 0.921 3.9
Perth and Kinross 4,566 30.7 24 0.108 1.1
Orkney Islands 680 46.0 59 0.040 3.6
Shetland Islands 1,304 50.2 93 0.121 5.9
Western Isles 1,700 70.2 304 0.517 24.0
30 September 1987 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Berwickshire 490 19.5 83 0.041 2.0
Ettrick and Lauderdale 865 20.9 34 0.030 1.0
Roxburgh 2,075 37.2 77 0.159 3.2
Tweeddale 282 19.5 35 0.010 1.0
Clackmannan 4,218 47.7 119 0.501 7.5
Falkirk 9,299 30.6 51 0.477 2.2
Stirling 5,100 41.9 91 0.467 4.0
Annandale and Eskdale 1,235 24.9 81 0.100 2.4
Nithsdale 2,483 32.6 51 0.127 2.3
Stewartry 701 29.8 39 0.028 1.4
Wigtown 459 10.5 217 0.099 2.6
Dunfermline 6,865 34.8 67 0.460 3.0
Kirkcaldy 8,058 34.3 57 0.462 2.5
North East Fife 1,449 21.3 47 0.068 1.1
Aberdeen 8.672 23.3 93 0.803 2.8
Banff and Buchan 3,786 32.4 67 0.254 2.7
Gordon 941 17.5 69 0.065 1.5
Kincardine and Deeside 421 12.1 94 0.040 1.5
Moray 2,066 20.2 24 0.049 0.6
Badenoch and Strathspey 203 18.8 63 0.013 1.5
Caithness 983 25.4 38 0.038 1.3
Inverness 2,216 33.1 65 0.143 2.5
Lochaber 363 11.9 119 0.043 1.7
Nairn 267 25.0 28 0.007 0.8
Ross and Cromarty 2,916 47.6 59 0.171 3.4
Skye and Lochalsh 122 15.6 315 0.038 5.5
Sutherland 554 32.4 31 0.017 1.3
East Lothian 4,738 32.6 49 0.231 2.1
Edinburgh 15,586 30.7 74 1.148 2.8
Midlothian 5,686 50.2 43 0.247 3.1
West Lothian 6,640 32.4 25 0.164 1.1
Argyll and Bute 2,576 32.5 29 0.074 1.1
Bearsden and Milngavie 581 32.9 73 0.042 2.8
Clydebank 3,526 31.0 129 0.456 4.5
Clydesdale 2,125 22.6 55 0.117 1.7
30 September 1987 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2,148 51.9 250 0.537 15.2
Cumnock and Doon Valley 3,802 39.0 82 0.312 4.5
Cunninghame 5,680 25.7 45 0.257 1.7
Dumbarton 4,768 38.4 88 0.422 4.4
East Kilbride 559 41.0 58 0.032 2.7
Eastwood 217 12.2 162 0.035 3.0
Glasgow 62,099 37.4 154 9.550 7.6
Hamilton 7,629 34.5 56 0.429 2.5
Inverclyde 4,830 26.9 55 0.265 2.1
Kilmarnick and Loudoun 4,724 28.3 40 0.190 1.6
Kyle and Carrick 4,452 26.6 49 0.220 1.8
Monklands 14,734 53.0 46 0.672 3.0
Motherwell 15,760 41.1 59 0.935 3.3
Renfrew 11,141 30.1 69 0.767 3.1
Strathkelvin 5,362 53.9 135 0.724 9.1
Angus 3,628 28.0 27 0.099 1.0
Dundee 14,807 38.4 75 1.113 4.1
Perth and Kinross 3,788 25.8 29 0.111 1.1
Orkney Islands 629 43.4 81 0.051 4.3
Shetland Islands 796 30.7 116 0.093 4.3
Western Isles 1,695 69.6 260 0.441 19.8
30 September 1988 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Berwickshire 541 22.0 101 0.055 2.5
Ettrick and Lauderdale 1,087 27.1 37 0.041 1.3
Roxburgh 1,842 34.0 55 0.101 2.0
Tweeddale 430 29.5 37 0.016 1.5
Clackmannan 4,873 56.8 164 0.801 11.1
Falkirk 6,242 21.2 107 0.668 2.9
Stirling 5,994 50.7 106 0.636 6.4
Annandale and Eskdale 1,260 26.1 97 0.122 2.7
Nithsdale 3,247 44.1 99 0.323 5.5
Stewartry 908 39.4 34 0.031 1.4
Wigtown 1,112 26.1 156 0.173 4.5
Dunfermline 8,354 43.6 80 0.670 4.0
Kirkcaldy 8,821 39.1 79 0.699 3.5
North East Fife 1,913 29.2 62 0.118 1.9
Aberdeen 11,037 29.9 104 1.144 3.7
Banff and Buchan 3,842 33.5 72 0.277 2.7
Gordon 926 17.0 82 0.076 1.7
Kincardine and Deeside 560 15.8 87 0.049 1.8
Moray 2,809 28.0 38 0.106 1.2
Badenoch and Strathspey 260 24.9 69 0.018 1.9
Caithness 1,363 36.1 80 0.110 3.4
Inverness 4,000 60.3 103 0.411 6.7
Lochaber 421 14.5 127 0.053 2.1
Nairn 360 33.7 114 0.041 4.6
Ross and Cromarty 3,760 61.9 71 0.268 4.8
Skye and Lochalsh 152 19.7 180 0.027 3.8
Sutherland 482 28.0 61 0.029 2.1
East Lothian 6,399 46.0 65 0.417 3.5
Edinburgh 22,788 46.1 75 1,709 3.9
Midlothian 4,654 42.8 60 0.280 3.4
West Lothian 8,412 42.1 28 0.239 1.5
Argyll and Bute 3,823 48.7 44 0.168 2.4
Bearsden and Milngavie 725 42.2 174 0.126 7.9
Clydebank 7,047 63.9 223 1.568 14.4
30 September 1988 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Clydesdale 2,870 31.1 67 0.191 2.6
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2,064 51.2 217 0.447 11.9
Cumnock and Doon Valley 4,516 47.7 87 0.391 5.4
Cunninghame 2,665 12.5 114 0.304 1.9
Dumbarton 4,515 37.4 99 0.445 3.9
East Kilbride 531 40.5 75 0.040 3.4
Eastwood 341 19.7 112 0.038 3.1
Glasgow 68,604 42.7 149 10.241 7.1
Hamilton 8,033 37.3 61 0.487 2.8
Inverclyde 6,374 35.5 50 0.318 2.4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 4,798 29.5 45 0.214 1.7
Kyle and Carrick 6,205 38.8 54 0.333 2.6
Monklands 21,227 77.9 45 0.959 4.0
Motherwell 20,335 55.0 52 1.064 3.7
Renfrew 14,851 40.9 83 1.227 4.7
Strathkelvin 1,871 19.7 246 0.460 5.4
Angus 3,539 27.9 33 0.118 1.2
Dundee 18,500 48.9 55 1.019 3.0
Perth and Kinross 5,649 39.4 33 0.189 1.7
Orkney Islands 647 46.0 89 0.058 4.6
Shetland Islands 843 32.7 133 0.112 4.6
Western Isles 900 37.3 330 0.297 12.5
31 March 1990 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Berwickshire 497 21.3 88 0.044 2.0
Ettrick and Lauderdale 680 17.9 67 0.045 1.5
Roxburgh 677 13.2 103 0.070 1.3
Tweeddale 542 39.1 49 0.026 2.6
Clackmannan 2,902 36.0 176 0.512 6.3
Falkirk 8,000 29.4 114 0.911 3.7
Stirling 5,834 52.7 152 0.888 8.2
Annandale and Eskdale 605 13.2 218 0.132 2.8
Nithsdale 2,800 40.9 129 0.362 5.9
Stewartry 964 43.6 48 0.046 2.0
Wigtown 302 7.3 465 0.140 3.5
Dunfermline 7,774 43.7 87 0.678 4.0
Kirkcaldy 7,941 36.3 111 0.880 4.1
North East Fife 1,625 27.3 133 0.216 3.3
Aberdeen 8,557 23.8 195 1.670 4.9
Banff and Buchan 2,993 27.2 62 0.185 1.7
Gordon 674 12.3 88 0.060 1.2
Kincardine and Deeside 504 14.3 111 0.056 2.0
Moray 1,602 16.8 84 0.135 1.4
Badenoch and Strathspey 179 17.8 95 0.017 1.9
Caithness 1,254 33.7 62 0.077 2.2
Inverness 2,017 31.7 211 0.425 6.3
Lochaber 307 11.5 186 0.057 2.1
Nairn 166 15.7 106 0.018 1.6
Ross and Cromarty 2,904 48.8 61 0.177 2.9
Skye and Lochalsh 300 36.9 163 0.049 6.1
Sutherland 229 13.5 54 0.012 0.8
East Lothian 5,911 45.6 107 0.631 5.1
Edinburgh 14,600 32.5 137 1.996 3.9
Midlothian 3,257 32.4 74 0.241 2.9
West Lothian 3,433 18.3 109 0.375 2.2
Argyll and Bute 2,093 27.6 61 0.127 1.7
Bearsden and Milngavie 693 41.8 119 0.082 4.8
31 March 1990 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Clydebank 7,815 77.3 93 0.730 5.9
Clydesdale 3,391 39.2 101 0.342 4.3
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,707 44.8 173 0.295 7.5
Cumnock and Doon Valley 3,270 36.2 111 0.362 4.7
Cunninghame 7,443 37.4 89 0.661 3.8
Dumbarton 5,115 47.2 125 0.639 5.3
East Kilbride 224 19.0 188 0.042 3.4
Eastwood 203 12.1 158 0.032 2.4
Glasgow 78,568 51.5 147 11.558 6.8
Hamilton 7,250 36.1 90 0.650 3.4
Inverclyde 5,692 32.4 65 0.368 2.4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 5,057 33.7 62 0.314 2.4
Kyle and Carrick 3,910 25.6 107 0.418 3.0
Monklands 6,435 25.1 142 0.917 3.6
Motherwell 15,047 42.7 84 1.267 4.0
Renfrew 10,150 31.0 187 1.898 6.6
Strathkelvin 1,501 17.0 411 0.617 7.3
Angus 1,394 11.4 72 0.100 1.0
Dundee 15,102 43.4 71 1.079 2.7
Perth and Kinross 3,917 29.2 34 0.132 1.2
Orkney Islands 424 31.4 140 0.060 4.1
Shetland Islands 818 32.2 200 0.164 6.5
Western Isles 837 35.3 343 0.287 11.8
31 March 1991 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Berwickshire 546 24.0 83 0.045 2.0
Ettrick and Lauderdale 959 25.9 59 0.057 1.8
Roxburgh 435 8.7 87 0.038 0.7
Tweeddale 428 31.6 56 0.024 2.2
Clackmannan 3,005 39.7 187 0.562 6.4
Falkirk 10,525 40.4 91 0.963 3.7
Stirling 3,800 35.7 267 1.016 8.8
Annandale and Eskdale 1,120 24.9 105 0.118 2.3
Nithsdale 2,148 32.2 161 0.345 5.2
Stewarty 788 36.0 68 0.054 2.3
Wigtown 675 16.8 250 0.169 4.2
Dunfermline 6,621 39.0 94 0.622 3.5
Kirkcaldy 8.463 39.3 95 0.806 3.6
North East Fife 1,571 27.1 99 0.155 2.4
Aberdeen 8,941 25.4 165 1,472 4.1
Banff and Buchan 4,517 42.0 64 0.287 2.5
Gordon 573 10.6 130 0.074 1.4
Kincardine and Deeside 646 18.3 95 0.061 2.0
Moray 1,601 17.2 68 0.108 1.1
Badenoch and Strathspey 215 21.7 124 0.027 3.2
Caithness 1,573 42.7 54 0.084 2.2
Inverness 1,881 30.2 71 0.133 1.9
Lochaber 381 14.8 195 0.074 2.6
Nairn 147 14.0 94 0.014 1.3
Ross and Cromarty 2,832 48.2 60 0.170 2.6
Skye and Lochalsh 151 18.3 150 0.023 2.5
Sutherland 236 13.7 63 0.015 0.8
East Lochalsh 5,451 43.6 123 0.668 5.1
Edinburgh 14,225 33.7 173 2.465 4.4
Midlothian 4,149 43.1 59 0.245 3.0
West Lothian 3,400 18.9 139 0.471 2.8
Argyll and Bute 2,595 35.1 58 0.151 1.8
31 March 1991 column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5
Bearsden and Milngavie 603 37.6 139 0.084 4.5
Clydebank 4,986 52.8 164 0.816 6.3
Clydesdale 2,550 30.3 143 0.365 4.4
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2,132 57.0 169 0.359 9.0
Cumnock and Doon Valley 3,659 41.3 107 0.391 4.8
Cunninghame 6,547 34.0 84 0.550 2.9
Dumbarton 5,488 52.2 109 0.600 4.5
East Kilbride 1,122 100.3 46 0.052 4.0
Eastwood 237 14.3 138 0.033 2.3
Glasgow 80,687 54.9 154 12.434 6.7
Hamilton 7,150 37.3 100 0.718 3.7
Inverclyde 5,739 33.4 137 0.787 4.5
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 3,484 24.1 77 0.270 2.0
Kyle and Carrick 4,001 27.9 131 0.523 3.7
Monklands 6,443 26.1 143 0.919 3.5
Motherwell 15,524 45.2 66 1.021 3.0
Renfrew 10,435 32.5 212 2.210 7.0
Strathkelvin 2,838 33.2 238 0.675 7.6
Angus 1,373 11.5 78 0.107 1.0
Dundee 12,831 39.5 97 1.247 2.8
Perth and Kinross 3,611 28.0 45 0.161 1.3
Orkney Islands 389 29.5 170 0.066 4.2
Shetland Islands 887 34.9 196 0.174 6.5
Western Isles 1,281 54.2 288 0.368 13.7

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