§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the incidence and geographical distribution of deaths in Scotland from asbestosis and related diseases for the last 10 years.
§ Mr. StewartThe information requested is given in the tables.
§ Mr. StewartInformation on council tax bands in Scotland is publicly available under the provisions of section 91 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. Charging methods used by third parties should be appropriate to their circumstances.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State (1) for Scotland how many households in Scotland, by region, receive the 25 per cent. discount on council tax charges;
(2) what percentage of people in Scotland are in each of the council tax bands, nationally and by region.
§ Mr. StewartCouncil tax banding relates to dwellings and statistics are maintained only on that basis. The table shows the total number and percentage of dwellings by band, and the number of dwellings where there is an entitlement to a single discount, nationally and by region.
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Number of dwellings by band and single discounts Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Total Borders Number of chargeable dwellings1 15,040 11,693 5,491 4,407 4,482 2,652 2,321 401 46,487 Percentage of total 32.4 25.2 11.8 9.5 9.6 4.7 5.0 0.9 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 7,399 3,087 1,309 1,003 860 399 295 52 14,404 Central Number of chargeable dwellings1 34,162 31,764 9,482 10,197 12,301 6,660 4,844 503 109,103 Percentage of total 31.1 28.9 8.6 9.3 11.2 6.1 4.4 0.5 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 17,360 9,693 2,862 2,457 2,420 1,118 694 73 36,677 Dumfries and Galloway Number of chargeable dwellings1 10,864 21,321 9,445 8,112 8,117 3,189 1,592 156 62,796 Percentage of total 17.3 34.0 15.0 12.9 12.9 5.1 2.5 0.2 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 5,095 5,598 2,075 1,680 1,498 501 203 19 16,669 Fife Number of chargeable dwellings1 40,124 43,509 19,199 13,701 15,322 6,584 3,637 380 142,456 Percentage of total 28.2 30.5 13.5 9.6 10.8 4.6 2.6 0.3 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 22,029 14,241 5,003 3,191 2,932 1,026 546 63 49,031 Grampian Number of chargeable dwellings1 50,976 48,510 31,635 24,024 28,435 15,737 11,269 1,042 211,628 Percentage of total 24.1 22.9 14.9 11.4 13.4 7.4 5.3 0.5 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 26,584 17,999 8,619 5,748 5,523 2,419 1,335 114 68,341 Highland Number of chargeable dwellings1 18,138 19,984 16,721 13,215 12,230 4,685 2,278 281 87,532 Percentage of total 20.7 22.8 19.1 15.1 14.0 5.4 2.6 0.3 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 8,422 7,121 4,672 3,051 2,241 654 318 28 26,507 Lothian Number of chargeable dwellings1 46,782 85,710 63,520 37,479 39,300 24,095 19,673 3,366 319,925 Percentage of total 14.6 26.8 19.9 11.7 12.3 7.5 6.1 1.1 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 23,079 37,653 24,138 12,594 10,609 5,788 3,760 498 118,119 Strathclyde Number of chargeable dwellings1 292,389 235,023 147,392 98,728 90,851 42,118 27,831 2,760 937,092 Percentage of total 31.2 25.1 15.7 10.5 9.7 4.5 3.0 0.3 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 146,276 89,582 44,569 23,598 16,7447 6,184 3,242 232 330,427 Tayside Number of chargeable dwellings1 52,077 43,510 19,932 19,699 18,259 7,485 4,881 719 166,562 Percentage of total 31.3 26.1 12.0 11.8 11.0 4.5 2.9 0.4 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 30,921 15,919 5,948 4,915 3,519 1,051 639 86 62,998 Orkney Number of chargeable dwellings1 2,584 2,360 1,550 1,157 608 108 13 1 8,381 Percentage of total 30.8 28.2 18.5 13.8 7.3 1.3 0.2 0.0 100.0
Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Total Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 1,214 675 348 185 65 9 3 0 2,499 Shetland Number of chargeable dwellings1 3,312 1,593 2,194 1,179 699 117 24 2 9,120 Percentage of total 36.3 17.5 24.1 12.9 7.7 1.3 0.3 0.0 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 1,079 481 548 150 56 8 1 0 2,323 Western Isles Number of chargeable dwellings1 4,533 3,434 2,319 1,134 587 102 20 6 12,135 Percentage of total 37.4 28.3 19.1 9.3 4.8 0.8 0.2 0.0 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 2,001 1,081 470 149 71 13 1 0 3,786 Scotland Number of chargeable dwellings1 570,981 548,411 328,880 233,032 231,191 113,532 78,383 9,617 2,114,027 Percentage of total 27.0 25.9 15.6 11.0 10.9 5.4 3.7 0.5 100.0 Number of dwellings entitled to single discount 291,459 203,130 100,561 58,721 46,538 19,170 11,037 1,165 731,781 1Number of chargeable dwellings after adjustment for disabled reduction. Source: Statistical return from local authority finance departments, October 1993.