§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the amounts of rates collected in Scotland in the calendar years 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960, respectively.
§ Mr. Maclay:The information is not available for calendar years. The receipts from rates (including domestic water rate) of Scottish local authorities for the local authority financial years ending 15th May were:
£ 1955–56 53.925,000 1956–57 63,118,000 1957–58 66,699,000 1958–59 70.953.000 1959–60 (provisional) 74,348,000 1960–61 (provisional) 77,237,000