HC Deb 12 July 1999 vol 335 cc46-7W
Mr. Davidson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for each local authority in Scotland, the gross(a) contribution to and (b) receipts from the non-domestic rates pool for 1998–99. [90093]

Mr. Macdonald

The information requested is given in the table. As the non-domestic rates pool operates across years, contributions and receipts are not directly comparable in any single year. The pool ensures that each authority receives its share of central government support (Aggregate External Finance) each year according to its relative need as assessed by Grant Aided Expenditure levels.

Contributable and distributable amounts of non-domestic rate income for Scotland in 1998–99
Contributions1 Distributable amount (receipts from the pool)
Aberdeen City 98,283,648 59,112,000
Aberdeenshire 50,003,631 61,879,000
Angus 17,733,533 30,141,000
Argyll and Bute 31,505,985 24,716,000
Clackmannanshire 10,783,558 13,280,000
Dumfries and Galloway 33,050,236 40,159,000
City of Dundee 39,949,830 40,880,000
East Ayrshire 23,491,480 33,289,000
East Dunbartonshire 19,414,595 30,133,000
East Lothian 23,594,974 23,981,000
East Renfrewshire 12,001,739 23,965,000
City of Edinburgh 184,069,509 122,123,000
Eilean Siar 4,972,986 7,858,000
Falkirk 41,123,076 38,918,000
Fife 94,650,060 95,038,000
Glasgow City 200,827,273 167,718,000
Highland 55,807,806 56,783,000
Inverclyde 20,110,974 23,698,000
Midlothian 12,002,030 21,777,000
Moray 20,399,596 23,538,000
North Ayrshire 35,455,084 37,961,000
North Lanarkshire 55,350,594 88,682,000
Orkney 5,415,131 5,387,000
Perth and Kinross 34,595,937 36,070,000
Renfrewshire 53,298,462 48,580,000
Scottish Borders 17,950,509 28,868,000
Shetland 11,750,912 6,263,000

Contributable and distributable amounts of non-domestic rate income for Scotland in 1998–99
Contributions1 Distributable amount (receipts from the pool)
South Ayrshire 30,218,419 31,189,000
South Lanarkshire 59,208,458 83,651,000
Stirling 24,585,152 22,515,000
West Dunbartonshire 23,109,090 26,054,000
West Lothian 45,219,494 41,022,000
Scotland 1,389,933,761 1,395,228,000
1 Contributions = Provisional Contributable Amounts adjusted to take into account flows in and out of NDR Pool in 1998–99 for previous years.