HC Deb 02 December 1947 vol 445 cc35-6W
2. Lieut.-Colonel Elliot

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make available to Parliament information in the form of Table II of the White Papers, Cmd. 7253 and 7256, showing the effect of the proposed Exchequer equalisation grant and Exchequer transitional grant under the Local Government Bill now before Parliament on the rates levied by each small burgh in Scotland.

Mr. Woodburn

The preparation of a return showing the effect on the rates of each of the 172 small burghs in Scotland would be a very big task and would not, I think, justify the labour involved. The particulars already published for each county give a fair indication, so far as it

Authority. Under Local Government Bill Estimated Weighting for Under existing Acts[...] Weighting for
(a) Sparsity. (b) Children under 15. (a) Sparsity. (b) Children under 5.
LARGE BURGHS
Aberdeen 42,002 107,023
Airdrie 8,322 26,475
Arbroath 4,246 6,148
Ayr 10,182 22,693
Clydebank 8,222 34,433
Coatbridge 13,399 44,973
Dumbarton 6,008 14,483
Dumfries 6,293 12,234
Dundee 41,438 116,187
Dunfermline 9,910 17,255
Edinburgh 100,776 189,341
Falkirk 8,818 23,928
Glasgow 269,008 838,649
Greenock 20,812 67,284
Hamilton 11,656 40,350
Inverness 5,880 12,482
Kilmarnock 10,109 29,389
Kirkcaldy 10,700 22,514.
Motherwell and Wishaw 17,977 55,239
Paisley 22,790 55,795
Perth 8,204 13,883
Port Glasgow 6,317 22,518
Rutherglen 5,621 9,118
Stirling 6,980 18,211
TOTAL 655,670 1,800,605

is possible to estimate from the 1946–47 figures, of the probable degree of relief over the whole area, including the small burghs.

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