§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of ratepayers in each region of Scotland is receiving rate relief; and what is the percentage of ratepayers who are in arrears with payment of rates.
§ Mr. YoungerThe number and percentage of householders in receipt of rate rebates in each region of Scotland in 1978–79—the latest available year—is set out in the following table. Information on the numbers of recipients of other types of rate relief, 591W and on the percentage of ratepayers in rates arrears, is not available centrally.
RATE REBATES 1978–79 Number of recipients Percentage of householders Borders 6,990 16.8 Central 15,856 16.7 Dumfries and Galloway 8,400 14.6 Fife 26,404 20.8 Grampian 26,385 14.5 Highland 9,054 11.8 Lothian 60,327 21.2 Strathclyde 192,595 21.6 Tayside 25,542 16.4 Orkney 531 7.0 Shetland 498 6.6 Western Isles 1,068 9.3