§ Mr. ChisholmTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) how much the Crown Office is required to pay in lieu of non-domestic rates to each council in Scotland this financial year and (b) how much it had actually paid by 13 November. [5659]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Crown Office makes an annual contribution in lieu of rates payment on its properties to the Valuation Office agency, an executive agency of the Inland Revenue). The exception to this would be where the Crown Office is a minor occupier in a Government building and a contribution would be paid to the major occupying Department. The estimated contribution in lieu of rates for Crown Office this financial year is £1,063,000, of which £926,000 has been paid.
Estimates of Scotland's share of the UK General Government Borrowing Requirement (GGBR) £ billion UK GGBR excluding privatization proceeds (pps) and north sea oil revenues, at current prices Scotland's share of UK GDP1 (per cent.) Scotland's implied GGBR, at current prices 90 per cent. Of oil revenues, and GDP share of UK pps, at current prices2 Scotland's implied GGBR at current prices Scotland's implied GGBR at 1996–97 prices3 1979–80 13.2 8.8 1.2 2.2 -1.0 -2.6 1980–81 17.5 8.7 1.5 3.4 -1.9 -4.1 1981–82 13.5 8.9 1.2 4.1 -2.9 -5.7 1982–83 15.9 8.9 1.4 4.9 -3.5 -6.5 1983–84 19.8 8.9 1.8 8.0 -6.3 -11.1