Non-domestic Rates

HC Deb 14 January 1993 vol 216 c773W

Mr. Gallie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on non-domestic rates for 1993–94.

Mr. Lang

Continuing our policy of reducing Scottish business rate poundages to the level of the English national non-domestic rate, Scottish businesses will pay £68 million less in rates next year than they otherwise would have done. This is a poundage reduction of over 7 per cent. in real terms and an actual reduction in cash terms of 4 per cent.

The total reduction, due to the Government?s policy and our earlier decision to limit increases in poundages to no more than inflation from 1989–90 onwards, is now at least £400 million.

	1992–93 Poundages P	1993–94 Pre-NNDR Reduction P	1993–94 Poundages P	1993–94 Poundages at Ratepayer Level P	Reduction to Ratepayer P
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	9.6	9.9	7.1	53.8	4.4
Cumnock and Doon Valley	10.0	10.4	7.5	54.2	4.5
Cunninghame	12.2	12.6	9.3	56.0	4.9
Dumbarton	11.2	11.6	8.5	55.2	4.7
East Kilbride	8.2	8.5	5.9	52.6	4.2
Eastwood	5.4	5.6	3.6	50.3	3.6
Glasgow City	16.6	17.2	13.0	59.7	5.8
Hamilton	10.6	11.0	8.0	54.7	4.6
Inverclyde	9.3	9.6	6.9	53.6	4.3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	9.6	9.9	7.1	53.8	4.4
Kyle and Carrick	10.0	10.4	7.5	54.2	4.5
Monklands	10.6	11.0	8.0	54.7	4.6
Motherwell	9.6	9.9	7.1	53.8	4.4
Renfrew	10.6	11.0	8.0	54.7	4.6
Strathkelvin	9.3	9.6	6.9	53.6	4.3
Angus	8.2	8.5	6.4	50.0	3.6
Dundee City	13.4	13.9	10.8	54.4	4.6
Perth and Kinross	8.6	8.9	6.7	50.3	3.7
Orkney	40.2	41.6	41.6	41.6	0.0
Shetland	40.2	41.6	41.6	41.6	0.0
Western Isles	55.1	57.0	52.8	52.8	4.2