HC Deb 19 May 1992 vol 208 cc124-6W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the actual capital receipts for each of the Scottish new town development corporations for each of the last five years.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The actual capital receipts for 1991–92 are not yet available. The figures for the previous five years are as follows:

Commercial property £ million Industrial property £ million
Irvine 8.23 24.44
Livingston 3.56 53.63

The housing stock is not valued annually. Individual houses are valued as necessary.

Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the amounts paid in corporation tax by each of the Scottish new town development corporations in each of the last five years.

Mr. Allan Stewart

East Kilbride was the only new town in Scotland to incur corporation tax liability in the last five years. Audited figures are not yet available for 1991–92 but in the previous five years the tax paid was:

£ million
1986–87 2.551
1987–88 1.794
1988–89 1.727
1989–90 4.240
1990–91 2.893

£ million
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld
Housing 8.474 8.994 11.385 6.504 6.874
OES1 13.801 16.033 14.485 11.485 8.806
Infrastructure2 3.605 2.800
East Kilbride
Housing 17.963 22.335 18.107 9.657 9.155
OES1 20.485 16.048 15.377 16.164 9.930
Infrastructure2 2.038 3.300
Glenrothes
Housing 7.519 6.975 7.439 6.068 7.080
OES1 7.152 11.670 17.497 9.101 4.174
Infrastructure2 2.090 2.400
Irvine
Housing 6.438 5.704 6.836 5.227 5.700
OES1 11.803 10.237 8.473 4.778 3.281
Infrastructure2 1.448 1.000
Livingston
Housing 9.614 12.326 15.725 6.104 7.117
OES1 18.755 28.052 25.013 16.802 9.970
Infrastructure2 4.650 3.700
1 Other Environmental Services covers industrial and commercial investment.
2 Prior to 1991–92 investment in infrastructure was funded from the capital allocations for housing and other environmental services.

Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the revenue allocations for each of the five Scottish new town development corporations for each of the last five years at current prices.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Revenue expenditure of the Scottish new town development corporations is supported by housing deficit grant and general revenue grant. The housing deficit grant meets the deficit incurred on building and modernisation of housing including management and maintenance after taking account of rental income.

Housing Revenue Deficit Grant
£ million
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld 5.313 5.700 5.197 4.112 3.768
East Kilbride 1.286 1.112 0.889 0.521 0.028
Glenrothes 5.459 5.585 4.453 3.598 3.019
Irvine 8.944 8.109 6.889 6.112 5.566
Livingston 15.789 13.564 13.890 12.200 9.916

General Revenue Grant
£ million
1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld 1.800 2.050
East Kilbride 4.465 2.720
Glenrothes 4.885 4.513
Irvine 2.990 2.435
Livingston 5.860 4.684

Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the level of capital receipts assumed for each of the five Scottish new town development corporations for the current financial year.

Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the capital allocations for each of the five Scottish new town development corporations for each of the last five years at current prices.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information is set out in the table.

General revenue grant meets the coats of management and maintenance of community facilities and general administrative expenses. General revenue grant was introduced form the 1991–1992 financial year. Prior to that part of the revenue expenditure was included in new towns' borrowing consent totals and not separately identified. A grant was also provided to meet interest charges on accumulated deficits on non-housing activities.

Details at current prices of the housing deficit and general revenue grant are shown in the tables.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is as follows:

£ million
Housing OES1
Cumbernauld 6.574 11.806
East Kilbride 7.055 15.930
Glenrothes 5.180 8.174
Irvine 4.000 2.281
Livingston 5.617 12.970
1 Other Environmental Services covers receipts from industrial, commercial and land sales.