§ Mr. SarwarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much money was spent on housing benefit in each district council in Scotland in the 1996–97 financial year. [44204]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThe information is set out in the table:
Housing benefit expenditure in Scotland 1996–97 Authority £000 Aberdeen 124,000 Aberdeenshire 16,200 Angus 10,400 Argyll-Bute 13,100 Clackmannanshire 6,900 Dumfries and Galloway 21,500 Dundee 42,100 East Ayrshire 118,500 East Dunbartonshire 17,700 East Lothian 112,200 East Renfrewshire 16,200 Edinburgh 98,900 Falkirk 119,400 Fife 51,800 Glasgow 238,000 Highland 129,100 Inverclyde 17,500 Midlothian 9,000 Moray 8,800 North Ayrshire 122,800 North Lanarkshire 156,700 Orkney 1,900 Perth and Kinross 13,700 Renfrewshire 30,300 Scottish Borders 11,700 Shetland 1,800 South Ayrshire 118,300 South Lanarkshire 48,600 Stirling 12,100 West Dunbartonshire 119,900 West Lothian 20,000 Western Isles 3,200 1 Non audited figures Source:
DSS Planning and Finance Division