§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the per capita expenditure in housing support grant for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee, giving figures and percentages for each of the last 10 years, including 1981;
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Authority £ per Capita Percentage £ per Capita Percentage £ per Capita Percentage BORDERS 50.6 123 53.5 121 34.3 125 Berwickshire 73.9 179 74.9 169 53.9 197 Ettrick and Lauderdale 52.4 127 53.0 120 31.2 114 Roxburgh 48.7 118 56.0 126 38.6 141 Tweeddale 21.0 51 21.0 47 5.6 20 CENTRAL 43.3 105 41.4 94 20.4 74 Clackmannan 38.5 93 37.9 86 22.3 81 Falkirk 55.4 134 52.0 117 25.7 94 Stirling 24.3 59 24.2 55 9.5 35 DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY 27.0 65 29.3 66 15.8 58 Annandale and Eskdale 31.1 75 41.3 93 31.9 116 Nithsdale 20.7 50 16.2 37 — — Stewartry 24.6 60 30.5 69 21.2 77 Wigtown 35.6 86 39.1 88 22.2 81 FIFE 39.0 94 41.8 94 18.1 66 Dunfermline 42.6 103 48.3 109 21.4 78 Kirkcaldy 42.3 102 43.5 98 17.9 65 North East Fife 24.6 60 25.5 58 12.2 45 GRAMPIAN 49.3 119 52.7 119 38.8 142 City of Aberdeen 46.6 113 52.1 118 40.4 148 Banff and Buchan 62.8 152 68.9 156 48.5 177 Gordon 48.4 117 47.5 107 34.5 126 Kincardine and Deeside 32.9 80 34.2 77 20.6 75 Moray 51.6 125 52.9 119 37.8 138 HIGHLAND 58.7 142 59.2 134 47.4 173 Badenoch and Strathspey 43.2 105 50.0 113 42.4 155 Caithness 45.6 110 38.5 87 28.2 103 Inverness 44.2 107 41.1 93 25.1 92 Lochaber 92.1 223 91.0 205 83.9 306 Nairn 30.8 75 33.7 76 20.8 76 Ross and Cromarty 87.4 212 95.1 215 85.9 314 Skye and Lochalsh 34.0 82 33.7 76 281 10.3 Sutherland 50.8 123 55.3 125 36.5 133 LOTHIAN 32.2 78 34.3 77 16.7 61 East Lothian 60.1 146 64.4 145 34.9 127 City of Edinburgh 24.8 60 27.6 62 14.6 53 Midlothian 41.3 100 39.3 89 17.5 64 West Lothian 35.2 85 36.2 82 12.8 47 STRATHCLYDE 41.7 101 45.9 104 29.6 108 Argyll and Bute 53.0 128 55.4 125 39.4 144 Bearsden and Milngavie 12.0 29 11.7 26 4.9 18 Clydebank 67.2 163 77.6 175 57.9 211 Clydesdale 32.6 79 29.1 66 6.9 25 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 10.7 26 10.4 23 0.5 2 Cumnock and Doon Valley 42.9 104 39.5 89 13.7 50 Cunninghame 35.4 86 34.2 77 16.4 60 Dumbarton 37.8 92 35.2 79 11.5 42 East Kilbride 4.0 10 4.1 9 1.2 4 Eastwood 5.4 13 5.8 13 0.3 1 City of Glasgow 52.2 126 63.3 143 51.4 188 Hamilton 46.1 112 46.6 105 25.3 92 Inverclyde 54.6 132 60.9 138 39.2 143 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 43.9 106 51.1 115 18.6 68 Kyle and Carrick 39.3 95 38.7 87 21.1 77 Monklands 42.0 102 39.9 90 33.2 121 (2) if he will publish the per capita expenditure in the housing support grant for each local authority in Scotland, giving tables relating to (a) districts and (b) regions, with figures and percentages for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information requested is given in the following table, for the years since the start of housing support grant in 1979–80. The table gives figures for the amount of housing support grant, expressed as pounds per capita, and these amounts expressed as percentages of the Scottish average per capita.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Authority £ per Capita Percentage £ per Capita Percentage £ per Capita Percentage Motherwell 52.5 127 54.3 123 32.5 119 Renfrew 30.3 73 30.6 69 6.8 25 Strathkelvin 22.9 55 27.5 62 14.3 52 TAYSIDE 38.5 93 40.3 91 19.2 70 Angus 46.2 112 47.6 107 24.4 89 City of Dundee 40.6 98 45.6 103 23.7 87 Perth and Kinross 29.4 71 26.3 59 8.2 30 ORKNEY ISLANDS AREA 59.1 143 61.1 138 55.2 202 SHETLAND ISLANDS AREA 95.0 230 88.3 199 106.2 388 WESTERN ISLES ISLANDS AREA 34.2 83 42.1 95 38.9 142 SCOTLAND 41.3 100 44.3 100 27.4 100 Note: Housing support grant is distributed on a district basis. Figures for regions in this table are calculated by aggregating district amounts.