HC Deb 04 March 1980 vol 980 c177W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the upper limit of expenditure recommended by his Department to each regional and island authority in each year since regionalisation and the amount actually spent by each authority in each year; and if he will express the excess-deficit of the authorities' spending compared with the

£ million at November 1979 prices
Regional and Islands Councils Guideline for current expenditure relevant for RSG (excluding loan charges) Near-actual expenditure Amount by which near actual exceeds (+) or falls short of (-) guideline
1976–77
Borders 27.15 26.26 -0.89
Central 63.87 66.59 +2.72
Dumfries and Galloway 36.74 36.53 -0.21
Fife 79.85 81.61 +1.76
Grampian 116.58 118.55 +1.97
Highland 52.70 56.71 +4.01
Lothian 207.61 206.28 -1.33
Strathclyde 721.85 714.05 -7.80
Tayside 103.79 102.43 -1.36
Orkney 6.38 6.67 +0.29
Shetland 7.98 7.39 -0.59
Western Isles 12.76 12.08 -0.68
1977–78
Borders 27.39 27.11 -0.28
Central 64.89 66.33 +1.44
Dumfries and Galloway 37.50 36.67 -0.83
Fife 80.77 80.17 -0.60
Grampian 119.71 118.25 -1.46
Highland 53.36 56.74 +3.38
Lothian 209.12 201.23 -7.89
Strathclyde 726.89 698.10 -28.79
Tayside 103.83 102.92 -0.91
Orkney 6.42 6.05 -0.37
Shetland 8.03 8.14 +0.11
Western Isles 12.85 12.81 -0.04
1978–79
Borders 27.99 28.48 +0.49
Central 65.70 70.46 +4.76
Dumfries and Galloway 38.11 38.19 +0.08
Fife 82.78 83.98 +1.20
Grampian 119.57 122.29 +2.72
Highland 54.13 59.10 +4.97
Lothian 206.29 212.43 +6.14
Strathclyde 726.63 728.36 +1.73
Tayside 105.11 109.60 +4.49
Orkney 6.59 7.48 +0.89
Shetland 8.23 8.80 +0.57
Western Isles 13.14 13.77 +0.63