§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much financial aid under the present percentage grant system was received from the Government by the county councils of Fife, Lanark, Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, and Inverness, and the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee in each of the last six years.
§ Mr. MaclayThe following table gives the information for the last four years. Figures for the two preceding years are not readily available and could not be ascertained without a disproportionate amount of labour.
GOVERNMENT GRANTS Local Authority 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 (estimated) 1956–57 (estimated) £000s £000s £000s £000s Counties Ayr … 2,300 2,499 2,649 2,819 Dumfries … 622 687 876 930 Fife … 1,910 2,188 2,401 2,699 Inverness … 910 963 1,132 1,302 Lanark … 3,733 4,156 4,519 5,014 Counties of Cities Aberdeen … 1,477 1,669 1,804 1,890 Dundee … 1,209 1,382 1,491 1,557 Edinburgh … 2,567 2,938 3,180 3,632 Glasgow … 8,340 9,320 10,281 11,612 NOTES
1. The figures include all Government grants to local authorities except (a) capital grants towards capital expenditure; (b) housing grants and the Exchequer equalisation and transitional grants.
2. In the case of counties the grants paid cover the grants towards both county general and landward services.
3. The figures for 1955–56 and 1956–57 are estimates.