§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now make information available to show the amount of rates paid on agricultural buildings for each county of Scotland ; and what is the total rateable value of agricultural buildings assessed in each county.
§ Mr. RossThe table below shows for 1968–69 (the latest year available) the latest estimates of rateable values of intensive livestock buildings, and of rates payable in respect of them.
Counties Estimated Rateable Value Estimatea Rates Payable (excluding domestic water rate) £ £ Aberdeen … 58,886 52,691 Angus … 19,108 15,466 Ayr … 16,767 14,881 Banff … 7,471 6,708 Berwick … 4,196 2,924 Caithness … 34 33 Clackmannan … 1,153 1,575 Dumfries … 8,428 6,418 Dunbarton … 1,021 1,123 East Lothian … 8,873 8,161 Fife … 29,068 28,947 Inverness … 1,956 1,801 Kincardine … 9,848 6,668 Kinross … 11,466 9,352 Kirkcudbright … 5,082 3,007 Lanark … 4,506 5,079 Midlothian … 23,315 24,165 Moray … 2,875 1,761 Nairn … 687 519 Orkney … 448 389 Peebles … 2,423 2,049 Perth … 27,092 21,956 Renfrew … 4,358 3,872 Ross and Cromarty … 351 335 Roxburgh … 1,570 1,438 Selkirk … 444 379 Stirling … 11,606 13,226 West Lothian … 4,724 6,761 Wigtown … 3,701 3,809 Total … 271,457 245,493