§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the level of rate support grant per head of population in (a) Scotland and (b) each district council.
§ Mr. Younger:The information requested is in the table below. The figures are based on the amounts of grant prescribed for 1979–80 (the latest year for which information is available) in the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1979 and the population as estimated at 30 June 1978. As indicated in paragraph 7 of the report on the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1979 further grant may be payable for 1979–80 subject to a cash limit of £19m. The figures 21W are subject to adjustment when local authorities have sent in final information.
22W
£ SCOTLAND 225.95* District Councils Borders Region Berwickshire 2333 Ettrick and Lauderdale 18.57 Roxburgh 26.03 Tweeddale 18.86 Central Region Clackmannan 22.67 Falkirk 12.06 Stirling 20.69 Dumfries & Galloway Region Annandale & Eskdale 21.62 Nithsdale 15.33 Stewartry 17.02 Wigtown 18.05 Fife Region Dunfermline 19.42 Kirkcaldy 21.26 North East Fife 21.80 Grampian Region Aberdeen City 17.68 Banff & Buchan 21.02 Gordon 39.36 Kincardine & Deeside 21.45 Moray 22.78 Highland Region Badenoch & Strathspey 16.05 Caithness 29.08 Inverness 14.55 Lochaber 26.48 Nairn 19.99 Ross & Cromarty 37.83 Skye & Lochalsh 28.40 Sutherland 42.62 Lothian Region East Lothian 22.02 Edinburgh City 16.39 Midlothian 27.25 West Lothian 24.11 Strathclyde Region Argyle & Bute 35.11 Bearsden & Milngavie 2956 Clydebank 4625 Clydesdale 27.79 Cumbernauld & Kilsyth 24.59 Cumnock & Doon Valley 41.88 Cunninghame 25.19 Dumbarton 21.31 East Kilbride 20.75 Eastwood 23.46 Glasgow City 41.78 Hamilton 38.57 Inverclyde 30.11 Kilmarnock & Loudoun 32.56 Kyle & Carrick 22.75 Monklands 45.62 Motherwell 31.87 Renfrew 27.73 Strathkelvin 31.94 Tayside Region Angus 21.71 Dundee City 23.00 Perth & Kinross 19.49 District Council Average 27.14 * Includes grants payable to Regional District and Island Area Council.