§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average gross annual value of a municipal house, calculated on the basis of the current assessments, in each of the small burghs in Scotland, and for each landward area of the counties.
§ Mr. MaclayI do not have complete figures, but the information available to me is given in the following table. These figures are provisional pending the outcome of appeals against the new valuations.
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AVERAGE GROSS ANNUAL VALUE OF LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSES, 1961–62 Counties £ Landward Area Aberdeen … … 40 Angus … … 39 Argyll … … 35 Ayr … … 38 Banff … … 36 Berwick … … 41 Caithness … … 27 Clackmannan … … 41 Dunbarton … … 45 East Lothian … … 42 Fife … … 48 Inverness … … 39 Kincardine … … 37 Kinross … … 40 Kirkcudbright … … 36 Lanark … … 42 Midlothian … … 43 Moray … … 39 Orkney … … 24 Perth … … 37 Renfrew … … 49 Ross & Cromarty … … 32 Roxburgh … … 38 Selkirk … … 39 Stirling … … 43 Sutherland … … 32 West Lothian … … 37 Wigtown … … 36 Zetland … … 22
£ Small Burghs Alloa … … 39 Barrhead … … 51 Batheate … … 39 Bearsden … … 51 Buckhaven & Methil … … 51 Buckie … … 40 Cowdenbeath … … 48 Dunoon … … 37 Elgin … … 38 Forfar … … 38 Fraserburegh … … 39 Galashiels … … 44 Gourock … … 59 Hawick … … 43 Helensburgh … … 50 Irvine … … 44 Johnstone … … 48 Kilsyth … … 40 Kirkintilloch … … 51 Lochgelly … … 48 Montrose … … 38 Musselburgh … … 46 Peterhead … … 41 Prestwick … … 44 Renfrew … … 53 Rothesay … … 38 St. Andrews … … 51 Saltcoats … … 44 Troon … … 43
§ Mr. Hendryasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide the best available estimate of the average gross annual value of a municipal house in the landward area of each county in Scotland, in the burghs of Ballater, Huntly, Inverurie, Kintore and Old Meldrum.
§ Mr. MaclayI would refer my hon. Friend to the Written Answer which I have given to the hon. Member for Fife, West (Mr. W. Hamilton) today. I regret that I do not have figures for the burghs mentioned.