§ 63. Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will apply his policy about montitoring of rates in such a way that Scottish local authorities will have their rates retrospectively monitored as from November 1972.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellAt this stage of the Scottish rating year, which started in May 1972 and runs to May 1973, any revision of the rate poundages for the year would be impracticable.
1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 £m. total Education … … … 0.5 21.3 13.9 35.7 Roads … … … 1.3 10.2 5.1 16.6 Miscellaneous local services … … … 0.1 4.0 1.8 5.9 Social work … … … 0.1 1.2 2.4 3.7 Law and order … … … 0.2 2.3 0.9 3.4 Total … … … 2.2 39.0 24.1 65.3