§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing(a) the average weekly rental charge and (b) the average increase in the weekly rental charge for (i) each district council in Scotland and (ii) Scottish Homes houses in each year since 1984; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the tables:
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Authorities 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Banff and Buchan 12.43 13.80 14.98 15.61 17.27 18.97 20.01 21.17 22.09 23.17 23.65 Gordon 11.91 13.63 14.91 15.11 16.07 17.72 19.05 23.31 24.71 27.05 31.07 Kincardine and Deeside 11.80 13.01 13.85 14.34 15.03 15.07 17.12 18.96 21.62 25.63 27.87 Moray 11.64 13.58 14.03 15.66 17.25 19.41 20.77 20.78 22.28 24.40 25.81 Badenoch and Strathspey 12.56 13.50 15.35 15.32 16.91 16.78 15.93 18.87 22.13 26.80 28.49 Caithness 11.75 12.65 13.69 14.84 16.55 18.08 19.83 22.21 24.60 27.13 29.86 Inverness 11.28 13.19 14.02 15.96 17.91 20.26 21.59 24.36 27.06 29.09 30.19 Lochaber 12.28 12.98 14.29 16.03 17.14 19.09 21.17 23.68 26.50 29.83 32.10 Nairn 12.15 13.53 14.68 15.79 17.42 19.27 19.33 23.94 26.91 27.22 30.71 Ross and Cromarty 11.99 12.73 14.73 15.85 17.51 19.60 21.29 25.09 28.63 30.99 31.90 Skye and Lochalsh 13.02 14.91 16.88 17.12 18.05 19.19 21.41 25.01 29.72 31.77 32.44 Sutherland 11.83 12.80 14.17 14.43 15.79 17.25 19.68 22.93 27.47 30.09 32.46 East Lothian 11.10 12.39 13.36 14.71 16.28 17.88 19.98 22.11 22.63 22.99 23.58 Edinburgh 13.53 13.35 13.39 15.23 17.15 21.27 24.79 29.10 30.53 32.13 35.40 Midlothian 10.77 11.83 12.76 13.71 14.72 15.81 15.81 15.92 16.13 18.13 19.22 West Lothian 10.98 11.78 12.63 13.53 14.93 16.72 17.74 18.81 19.72 21.27 23.88 Argyll and Bute 13.29 15.32 15.31 15.80 17.36 19.10 21.46 23.38 26.27 29.36 31.95 Bearsden and Milngavie 11.45 12.17 14.23 16.58 17.97 19.71 21.83 24.44 27.66 28.60 28.45 Clydebank 10.04 12.19 15.04 17.06 19.00 22.75 25.55 27.12 26.60 28.06 29.07 Clydesdale 10.70 12.15 13.02 13.85 15.60 17.34 18.70 20.88 22.18 23.58 24.79 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 10.61 12.74 14.75 16.42 17.93 19.77 21.12 23.06 23.97 25.63 25.76 Cumnock and Doon Valley 10.39 11.11 12.15 13.61 14.67 16.34 17.70 20.30 22.56 24.35 25.31 Cunninghame 8.85 8.85 10.50 13.01 14.80 16.42 18.35 20.27 22.13 24.31 26.47 Dumbarton 9.38 9.38 11.68 14.60 18.07 21.15 24.00 25.77 27.97 29.90 32.18 East Kilbride 12.44 13.49 15.55 16.53 17.46 19.55 21.61 22.62 24.36 25.18 30.98 Eastwood 11.02 11.50 11.94 12.45 13.91 15.10 16.59 18.10 21.06 21.73 22.39 Glasgow 9.63 10.65 12.61 14.63 17.18 21.15 24.02 26.80 28.65 30.78 31.49 Hamilton 10.03 10.95 12.80 14.86 15.65 17.90 19.37 21.05 23.25 25.39 27.00 Inverclyde 9.08 11.30 12.40 13.33 14.37 16.85 19.17 21.44 29.93 25.94 26.94 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 9.59 10.59 12.42 13.85 14.48 16.22 17.51 19.39 19.46 20.83 21.42 Kyle and Carrick 10.42 12.18 13.37 14.38 15.65 16.57 18.74 20.22 21.22 26.28 28.18 Monklands 9.30 11.32 13.68 15.50 16.95 18.78 20.25 22.80 23.66 25.66 27.37 Motherwell 9.91 11.27 12.46 14.10 15.03 17.29 18.60 19.71 21.03 23.43 25.51 Renfrew 8.81 9.81 11.50 12.99 13.92 16.73 18.70 20.68 22.45 24.41 25.88 Strathkelvin 10.57 11.62 14.18 15.31 17.24 18.12 19.45 21.32 22.87 25.11 27.41 Angus 11.70 12.66 13.77 14.58 14.48 15.76 16.80 17.87 17.76 18.88 19.81 Dundee 8.80 9.82 11.63 13.61 17.11 21.19 25.25 28.20 30.44 32.06 32.71 Perth and Kinross 10.77 11.93 12.93 13.88 14.63 15.85 18.17 19.78 22.12 22.94 23.94 Orkney Islands 11.00 13.16 14.49 15.99 17.06 20.40 22.61 25.61 28.00 27.60 29.53 Shetland Islands 10.52 13.43 14.97 15.93 18.21 19.08 20.68 25.02 28.90 29.76 31.06 Western Isles 14.88 15.47 16.50 17.52 18.96 19.71 22.46 29.03 30.89 33.38 34.19 SCOTLAND 10.46 11.55 12.99 14.58 16.29 18.82 20.93 23.12 24.65 26.51 27.79 SCOTTISH SPECIAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION SCOTTISH HOMES Average Rental Income 13.06 14.23 15.79 17.28 19.02 20.88 23.81 26.73 29.14 31.76 33.83
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Annual average rent increase £ per dwelling per week Authorities 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Berwickshire 1.20 1.02 0.63 0.95 1.52 1.10 1.09 2.01 1.44 1.11 1.15 Ettrick and Lauderdale 2.22 (0.08) (0.00) 0.74 0.70 0.96 0.93 2.35 1.39 0.86 1.68 Roxburgh 1.02 1.28 1.67 0.48 1.22 1.71 0.93 3.23 2.22 1.44 1.15 Tweedale (0.05) 0.06 1.35 0.44 1.13 (0.20) 1.43 2.33 1.73 2.88 0.81 Clackmannan 0.96 0.46 1.20 1.47 1.91 2.64 2.28 1.77 1.86 0.44 0.92 Falkirk 0.51 0.93 0.93 1.35 1.36 1.79 1.93 0.84 1.47 1.62 0.90 Stirling 0.01 2.26 2.08 1.44 1.03 2.37 2.21 2.52 2.11 3.84 0.12 Annandale and Eskdale 1.22 0.95 1.37 1.26 1.61 1.25 2.61 2.21 1.82 2.10 0.56 Nithsdale 0.90 0.98 1.66 0.72 1.59 1.52 1.79 2.39 2.06 2.46 0.06 Stewartry 1.31 0.13 1.36 1.00 1.61 1.45 1.24 3.77 2.36 1.51 (0.00) Wigtown 2.19 1.62 0.90 0.01 0.87 0.85 0.48 4.57 3.60 2.26 0.43 Dunfermline 0.49 (0.00) 1.30 1.25 1.94 1.29 1.56 2.04 1.36 2.02 1.03 Kirkcaldy 1.15 0.99 1.25 1.47 1.69 1.65 1.95 1.76 2.10 1.74 0.47 North East Fife (0.05) 1.14 2.05 1.20 1.09 2.63 0.29 2.26 0.18 0.98 0.50 Aberdeen 0.98 2.32 1.34 2.14 1.27 1.95 1.57 1.32 (0.20) 0.95 1.03 Banff and Buchan 1.17 1.37 1.18 0.63 1.66 1.70 1.04 1.16 0.92 1.08 0.48 Gordon 0.50 1.73 1.27 0.20 0.95 1.65 1.33 4.26 1.40 2.34 4.02 Kincardine and Deeside 1.28 1.21 0.84 0.49 0.70 0.03 2.05 1.84 2.66 4.01 2.24 Moray 1.29 1.94 0.45 1.63 1.59 2.16 1.35 0.01 1.50 2.12 1.41 Badenoch and Strathspey 1.04 0.94 1.85 (0.02) 1.59 (0.13) (0.85) 2.94 3.26 4.67 1.69 Caithness 2.08 0.90 1.04 1.15 1.71 1.52 1.75 2.38 2.40 2.53 2.72 Inverness 0.74 1.91 0.83 1.94 1.95 2.35 1.33 2.77 2.70 2.03 1.10 Lochaber 0.92 0.70 1.31 1.74 1.11 1.95 2.08 2.52 2.82 3.33 2.27 Nairn 0.92 1.38 1.15 1.11 1.63 1.86 0.06 4.61 2.96 0.31 3.48
Authorities 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Ross and Cromarty 1.24 0.74 1.99 1.13 1.65 2.09 1.70 3.79 3.54 2.36 0.91 Skye and Lochalsh 1.94 1.89 1.97 0.24 0.93 1.14 2.21 3.60 4.71 2.04 0.68 Sutherland 1.06 0.97 1.37 0.26 1.37 1.46 2.43 3.25 4.53 2.62 2.37 East Lothian 0.86 1.29 0.97 1.35 1.57 1.60 2.11 2.13 0.52 0.36 0.59 Edinburgh 1.25 (0.18) 0.03 1.84 1.93 4.12 3.52 4.31 1.43 1.60 3.27 Midlothian 0.87 1.07 0.92 0.96 1.01 1.09 (0.00) 0.11 0.21 2.00 1.09 West Lothian 0.50 0.80 0.85 0.90 1.40 1.80 1.02 1.07 0.92 1.55 2.61 Argyll and Bute (0.15) 2.03 (0.01) 0.49 1.56 1.74 2.35 1.92 2.88 3.09 2.60 Bearsden and Milngavie 0.58 0.72 2.06 2.35 1.40 1.74 2.12 2.61 3.23 0.94 (0.15) Clydebank 1.00 2.15 2.85 2.02 1.94 3.75 2.81 1.56 (0.51) 1.46 1.01 Clydesdale 1.01 1.45 0.87 0.83 1.75 1.74 1.36 2.18 1.30 1.41 1.21 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 0.49 2.13 2.01 1.67 1.50 1.85 1.35 1.94 0.91 1.66 0.13 Cumnock and Doon Valley 0.50 0.72 1.04 1.46 1.06 1.66 1.36 2.60 2.26 1.79 0.96 Cunninghame 0.01 0.00 1.65 2.51 1.78 1.63 1.93 1.92 1.85 2.18 2.17 Dumbarton 0.81 0.01 2.29 2.93 3.46 3.08 2.85 1.77 2.21 1.93 2.28 East Kilbride 1.01 1.05 2.06 0.98 0.93 2.09 2.06 1.01 1.74 0.82 5.80 Eastwood 0.50 0.48 0.44 0.50 1.46 1.19 1.49 1.51 2.96 0.67 0.66 Glasgow 0.01 1.02 1.96 2.02 2.55 3.98 2.86 2.78 1.85 2.13 0.71 Hamilton 0.70 0.92 1.85 2.06 0.79 2.25 1.47 1.68 2.20 2.15 1.61 Inverclyde 0.77 2.21 1.11 0.92 1.05 2.48 2.32 2.27 2.49 2.01 1.00 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 0.51 1.01 1.83 1.43 0.63 1.74 1.29 1.88 0.07 1.38 0.58 Kyle and Carrick 0.81 1.76 1.19 1.01 1.27 0.91 2.17 1.49 1.00 5.06 1.90 Monklands 0.00 2.02 2.35 1.82 1.45 1.83 1.47 2.56 0.86 2.00 1.71 Motherwell 1.00 1.35 1.20 1.64 0.93 2.26 1.31 1.11 1.33 2.40 2.08 Renfrew 0.48 1.00 1.69 1.49 0.92 2.81 1.97 1.98 1.77 1.96 1.47 Strathkelvin 0.88 1.05 2.57 1.12 1.93 0.88 1.33 1.87 1.55 2.23 2.30 Angus 0.97 0.96 1.11 0.80 (0.10) 1.28 1.04 1.07 (0.11) 1.11 0.94 Dundee 0.73 1.02 1.81 1.98 3.50 4.08 4.06 2.96 2.23 1.62 0.65 Perth and Kinross (0.00) 1.16 1.00 0.95 0.75 1.21 2.33 1.61 2.34 0.82 1.00 Orkney Islands 0.88 2.16 1.33 1.50 1.07 3.34 2.21 3.00 2.38 (0.40) 1.94 Shetland Islands (0.05) 2.91 1.53 0.96 2.28 0.87 1.61 4.34 3.87 0.87 1.30 Western Isles 1.84 0.59 1.02 1.03 1.44 0.75 2.75 6.57 1.85 2.49 0.81 SCOTLAND 0.60 1.09 1.44 1.59 1.71 2.53 2.11 2.19 1.53 1.86 1.28 SCOTTISH SPECIAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION/SCOTTISH HOMES Annual average rent increase 1.10 1.17 1.56 1.49 1.74 1.86 2.93 2.92 2.41 2.62 2.07 Note: Rent reductions in brackets.