§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the budgeted expenditure per head of population of each of the Scottish(a) regional and (b) 667W district councils in 1994–95 and 1995–96; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. KynochThe information requested for 1994–95 is given in the table. The comparable information for 1995–96 is not yet available.
Total 1994–95 budgeted expenditure per head of population £ Regional Councils Borders 1,064 Central 964 Dumfries and Galloway 1,052 Fife 972 Grampian 918 Highland 1,170 Lothian 960 Strathclyde 1,026 Tayside 1,008 District Councils Berwickshire 152 Ettrick and Lauderdale 153 Roxburgh 164 Tweeddale 159 Clackmannan 203 Falkirk 168 Stirling 227 Annandale and Eskdale 148 Nithsdale 160 Stewartry 136 Wigtown 197 Dunfermline 163 Kirkcaldy 173 North East Fife 185 Aberdeen 213 Banff and Buchan 157 Gordon 153 Kincardine and Deeside 127 Moray 163 Badenoch and Strathspey 179 Caithness 167 Inverness 151 Lochaber 210 Nairn 152 Ross and Cromarty 219 Skye and Lochalsh 239 Sutherland 213 East Lothian 198 Edinburgh 276 Midlothian 177 West Lothian 166 Argyll and Bute 295 Bearsden and Milngavie 166 Clydebank 268 Clydesdale 201 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 172
668W
Name Occupation Date of appointment Period of current appointment Salary £ Sir James Mellon KCMG (Chairman) Former Diplomat 1.4.89 1.4.93–31.3.96 38,330 Mrs. Frances McCall MBE Member, Management Committee, Calvay Co-operative 1.12.88 1.4.91–31.3.951 6,660 Professor Duncan Maclennan MA MPhil FRSA Director of the Centre for Housing Research at Glasgow University 1.12.88 1.4.93–31.3.97 6,600 Dr. Tom Begg OBE JP BA PhD Lecturer in Economics at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh 1.12.88 1.4.91–31.3.95 6,600
Total 1994–95 budgeted expenditure per head of population £ Cumnock and Doon Valley 188 Cunninghame 203 Dumbarton 210 East Kilbride 177 Eastwood 136 Glasgow 318 Hamilton 235 Inverclyde 221 Kilmarnock and Loudon 202 Kyle and Carrick 206 Monklands 238 Motherwell 213 Renfrew 221 Strathkelvin 203 Angus 157 Dundee 251 Perth and Kinross 177 Notes:
1. The total 1994–95 budgeted expenditure is taken from figures returned by local authorities in March/April 1994.
2. The population figures used were the latest available from the General Register Office of Scotland dated 29 April 1994.