Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each housing authority in 228W Scotland the amount, if any, by which their block A capital allocations have been reduced due to budgeting for rate fund contributions to the housing revenue account in excess of the Government limits in each of the years since the system was introduced.
Mr. AncramThe information is as follows:
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Amount by which authority's capital allocation of the HRA block was reduced as a result of the authority budgeting for a rate fund contribution to its HRA in excess of the limit specified by the Government for the purposes of the housing expenditure limits system £m £m £m 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Borders Region Berwickshire — — — Ettrick and Lauderdale — — — Roxburgh — — — Tweeddale — — — Central Region Clackmannan 0.870 — 0.029 Falkirk 2.005 1.119 0.487 Stirling 1.085 0.540 0.757 Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale — — — Nithsdale — — — Stewartry — — — Wigtown — — — Fife Region Dunfermline — — 0.545 Kirkcaldy — — — North East Fife — — — Grampian Region Aberdeen City 3.580 3.233 1.262 Banff and Buchan — — — Gordon — — 0.027 Kincardine and Deeside — — — Moray — — — Highland Region Badenock and Strathspey — — — Caithness — — 0.058 Inverness 0.300 0.368 0.042 Lochaber 0.275 0.513 — Nairn 0.040 0.021 — Ross and Cromarty — — — Skye and Lochalsh — 0.027 — Sutherland — — 0.041 Lothian East Lothian — — 0.308 Edinburgh City — — 2.168 Midlithian 0.535 0.149 0.314 West Lothian — 0.098 0.161 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 0.075 — 0.066 Bearsden and Milngavie 0.105 — — Clydebank 0.005 0.812 0.135 Clydesdale — — — Cumbemauld and Kilsyth — 0.129 — Cumnock and Doom Valley 0.310 0.291 0.283 Cunningham 0.610 2.124 — Dumbarton 0.410 1.068 0.077 East Kilbride — — — Eastwood — — —
£m £m £m 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Glasgow City 10.690 17.114 — Hamilton 2.140 1.156 0.445 Inverclyde 0.865 1.708 0.744 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 0.220 1.412 0.290 Kyle and Carrick 0.675 0.724 0.180 Monklands 2.420 — 0.657 Motherwell 2.865 2.723 1.444 Renfrew 2.280 2.715 1.226 Strathkelvin 0.175 0.435 0.500 Tayside Region Angus — — 0.360 Dundee City 3.285 2.383 0.876 Perth and Kinross — — — Islands Areas Orkney 0.115 — — Shetland — 0.239 — Western Isles 0.340 0.616 — Note:
The housing expenditure limits system was first introduced in 1981–82. No limits were specified for rate fund contributions before then.