§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many households in Scotland which are in receipt of (a) rent and (b) rate rebates there are (i) in total (ii) as a percentage of the total number of households.
§ Mr. RifkindThe latest information available to me is that at 30 September 1980 the total number of recipients of rent rebates was 237,000 and that in respect of 1980–81 the total number of recipients of rate rebates was 416,000. If these figures are compared with the total number of households in Scotland of all tenures, they constitute 13 per cent. and 23 per cent. respectively of that total.