§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the capital loan debt of Glasgow District Council; and what percentage of the rates goes to service this debt.
Number of Hotels and Boarding-Houses (b)* (c)* (d) Fire Brigade Area— Central … … 232 178 92 Dumfries and Galloway … 361 222 81 Fife … … 186 157 26 Grampian … … 740 387 330 Lothian and Borders … 713 510 310 Northern … … 1,486 354 105 Strathclyde … … 1,444 910 286 Tayside … … 509 509 466 Detailed information about (a) and (f) is not recorded by the fire authorities, and since there is no direct power of refusal for certificates under the Act, the authorities' returns do not include information about (e). * The figures in these columns do not include premises found on inspection to be outside the scope of the Fire Precautions (Hotels and Boarding Houses) (Scotland) Order 1972, or subsequently taken outside the scope of the order.