HC Deb 21 April 1977 vol 930 cc156-60W
Mr. James White

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how rate poundages for 1977–78 compare with those for 1976–77.

Mr. Millan

Rate poundages for 1977–78 notified to me are shown in the following table, in comparison with those for 1976–77. Over Scotland as a whole rate poundages, excluding domestic water rates, will rise by an average of approximately 14 per cent.

1967–77 1977–78 Increase or Decrease
Authority pence pence pence percentage
Districts
Clackmannan 56 56 NC NC
Falkirk 62 72 +10 +16
Stirling 46 55 +9 +20
Dumfries and Galloway Region 107 129 +22 +21
Domestic Water Rate 21 21 NC NC
Districts
Annandale and Eskdale 24 24 NC NC
Nithsdale 21 20 -1 -5
Stewartry 23 20 -3 -13
Wigtown 25 27 +2 +8
Fife Region 93 111 +18 +19
Domestic Water Rate 8 9 +1 +13
Districts
Dunfermline 39 45 +6 +15
Kirkcaldy 38 38 NC NC
North East Fife 31 34 +3 +10
Grampian Region 108 128 +20 +19
Domestic Water Rate 23 25 +2 +9
Districts
Aberdeen City 39 49 +10 +26
Banff and Buchan 41 46 +5 +12
Gordon 44 52 +8 +18
Kincardine and Deeside 25 32 +7 +28
Moray 38 44 +6 +16
Highland Region 112 125 +13 +12
Domestic Water Rate 17 24 +7 +41
Districts
Badenoch and Strathspey 30 34 +4 +13
Caithness 35 35 NC NC
Inverness 30 36 +6 +20
Lochaber 49 65 +16 +33
Nairn 20 28 +8 +40
Ross and Cromarty 40 52 +12 +30
Skye and Lochalsh 25 26 +1 +4
Sutherland 41 50 +9 +22
Lothian Region 116 136 +20 +17
Domestic Water Rate 9 10 +1 +11
Districts
East Lothian 40 46 +6 +15
Edinburgh City 46 48 +2 +4
Midlothian 33 42 +9 +27
West Lothian 51 51 NC NC
Strathclyde Region 111 130 +19 +17
Domestic Water Rate 13 12 -1 -8
Districts
Argyll and Bute 66 66 NC NC
Bearsden and Milngavie 44 47 +3 +7
Clydebank 74 74 NC NC
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 40 40 NC NC
Cumnock and Doon Valley 51 51 NC NC
Cunninghame 53 55 +2 +4
Dumbarton 79 71 -8 -10
East Kilbride 40 39 -1 -2
Eastwood 39 37 -2 -5
Glasgow City 67 70 +3 +4
Hamilton 47 52 +5 +11
Inverclyde 65 67 +2 +3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 55 59 +4 +7
Kyle and Carrick 52 60 +8 +15
Lanark 42 38 -4 -10
Monklands 67 66 -1 -1
Motherwell 64 62 -2 -3
Renfrew 63 64 +1 +2
Strathkelvin 41 41 NC NC
1967–77 1977–78 Increase or Decrease
Authority pence pence pence percentage
Tayside Region 107 123 +16 +15
Domestic Water Rate 16 16 NC NC
Districts
Angus 34 38 +4 +12
Dundee City 51 57 +6 +12
Perth and Kinross 29 29 NC NC
Island areas
Orkney 142 178 +36 +25
Domestic Water Rate 20 25 +5 +25
Shetland 140 161 +21 +15
Domestic Water Rate 20 25 +5 +25
Western Isles 168 185 +17 +10
Domestic Water Rate 23 25 +2 +9