§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by local authority, the current percentage rate of community charge outstanding in respect of the uniform business rate.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 18 June 1992]: Figures showing the percentage of budgeted community charge income in respect of 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92 received by each Scottish levying authority as at 31 March 1992 (the most recent date for which information is available) are given in the following table:
Levying authority 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Borders 101.2 98.1 88.0 Central 96.2 90.9 86.1 Dumfries and Galloway 99.6 100.0 90.1 Fife 97.6 92.8 85.5 Grampian 100.2 96.4 90.6 Highland 100.3 91.5 80.0 Lothian 88.4 81.2 72.3 Strathclyde 89.5 79.3 71.1 Tayside 97.0 87.1 79.4 Orkney 111.8 100.0 85.7 Shetland 100.0 95.0 85.7 Western Isles 90.3 86.1 68.8 The uniform business rate does not apply in Scotland and information about non-domestic rate collection levels is not held centrally.