§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each Scottish housing authority and for authoities as a whole (a) the provisional maximum housing revenue account capital allocation for 1982–83, (b) the provisional minimum housing revenue account capital allocation for 1982–83, (c) the rate fund contribution guideline for 1982–83, (d) the budgeted rate fund contribution for 1982–83, (e) the final housing revenue account capital allocation for 1982–83, (f) the difference between (a) and (e), and (g) a statement as to which of the five methods each authority's (c) was calculated.
§ Mr. Allan StewartI think that the comparison with which the hon. Member is concerned is best made by comparing columns(b) and (e) in the following table, as in column (f) of the table. As regards (g), the hon. Member will see that I regard it as misleading to talk of five different methods of calculation.
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Authority Provisional HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Gross Expenditure Base Provisional Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Rate Fund Contribution Guideline 1982–83 Budgeted Rate Fund Contribution 1982–83 Final Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Difference between cols (b) and (e) Group £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Borders Region Berwickshire 0.750 0.663 0.156 — 0.663 — II Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.925 0.593 0.319 — 0.593 — II Roxburgh 3.195 3.049 0.302 0.128 3.049 — II Tweeddale 0.315 Nil 0.151 0.111 Nil — I Central Region Clackmannan 1.840 1.507 0.631 0.889 1.639 +0.132 I Falkirk 6.525 4.906 1.891 3.687 4.487 -0.419 I Stirling 4.495 3.685 2.218 3.136 3.145 -0.540 I Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale 3.895 3.133 0.334 0.244 3.133 — I Nithsdale 2.850 2.446 0.140 0.364 2.446 — I Stewartry 1.330 1.219 0.159 0.111 1.219 — II Wigtown 1.760 1.292 0.268 — 1.292 — II Fife Region Dunfermline 5.700 2.093 1.595 1.535 2.093 — II Kirkcaldy 6.175 5.010 1.755 1.755 5.335 +0.325 II North East Fife 4.180 3.092 0.650 0.198 3.092 — II Grampian Region Aberdeen City 14.250 6.532 4.177 8.324 0.396 -6.136 I Banff and Buchan 3.800 2.615 0.726 0.299 2.615 — II Gordon 4.845 3.518 0.739 0.609 3.318 -0.200 II Kincardine and Deeside 3.630 3.322 0.449 0.272 3.322 — II Moray 4.750 3.145 0.825 — 3.145 — II Highland Region Badenoch and Strathspey 1.235 1.151 0.113 0.054 1.070 -0.081 II Caithness 2.375 2.147 0.323 0.323 2.147 — II Inverness 3.800 2.644 0.746 1.142 2.276 -0.368 I Lochaber 2.260 2.015 0.291 0.852 1.502 -0.513 I Nairn 0.570 0.465 0.138 0.159 0.444 -0.021 I Ross and Cromarty 3.750 2.737 0.433 0.290 3.650 +0.913 II Skye and Lochalsh 0.780 0.695 0.125 0.152 0.668 -0.027 II Sutherland 1.340 1.207 0.157 0.141 1.207 — II Lothian Region East Lothian 4.560 1.832 0.680 0.680 1.822 -0010 II Edinburgh City 15.200 11.886 4.475 3.526 11.486 -0.400 II Midlothian 3.325 0.144 1.114 1.263 Nil -0.144 I West Lothian 4.275 3.426 1.622 1.720 3.328 -0.098 II Strathclyde Region I Argyll and Bute 4.760 4.049 0.841 0.112 3.879 -0.170 I Bearsden and Milngavie 0.775 0.562 0.520 0.492 0.562 — I Clydebank 2.945 2.346 0.667 1.479 1.534 -0.812 I Clydesdale 1.365 1.121 0.618 0.614 1.121 — II Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1.140 0.900 0.753 0.882 0.771 -0.129 I Cumnock and Doon Valley 2.015 1.668 0.598 1.049 1.474 -0.194 I Cunninghame 4.560 3.812 1.793 3.917 1.688 -2.124 I Dumbarton 2.470 1.832 1.042 2.468 0.595 -1.237 I East Kilbride 0.690 0.573 0.456 0.454 0.573 — II Eastwood 0.235 0.066 0.071 0.243 0.186 +0.120 I Glasgow City 71.180 53.060 21.561 40.612 35.946 -17.114 I Hamilton 5.225 3.651 3.674 4.830 2.495 -1.156 I Inverclyde 5.415 4.996 1.316 3.024 3.288 -1.708 I Kilmarnock and Loudoun 3.160 2.626 1.072 2.484 1.547 -1.079 I Kyle and Carrick 4.275 3.792 1.474 2.198 3.068 -0.724 I Monklands 8.075 7.446 1.861 3.378 7.446 — I Motherwell 9.740 8.159 1.969 5.725 5.437 -2.722 I Renfrew 9.500 6.274 2.548 5.892 3.559 -2.715 I Strathkelvin 3.895 2.963 1.170 1.605 1.811 -1.152 I Tayside Region Angus 3.115 1.825 0.843 — 1.825 — II Dundee City 8.140 7.430 2.464 6.152 5.047 -2.383 I Perth and Kinross 3.325 2.070 1.138 — 2.250 +0.180 II
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Authority Provisional HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Gross Expenditure Base Provisional Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Rate Fund Contribution Guideline 1982–83 Budgeted Rate Fund Contribution 1982–83 Final Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Difference between cols (b) and (e) Group £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Islands Area Orkney 0.740 0.489 0.237 0.304 0.489 — I Shetland 2.785 2.386 0.507 0.746 2.344 -0.042 I Western Isles 3.335 3.143 0.437 1.214 2.774 -0.369 I Total 282.000 209.408 77.332 121.838 166.291 -43.117 I Notes:
1. For a. the gross expenditure base which was indicated to authorities has been provided but this does not represent a maximum capital allocation.
2. For b. the provisional net capital allocation has been provided. There was no minimum capital allocation.
3. For e. the final net allocation has been provided.
4. For f. the relevant change is that between b. and e. ie, between the provisional and final net allocations.
5. In g. group I authorities are those whose RFC limits were set on the basis of the assumptions underlying the 1982–83 housing support grant settlement and group II authorities are those which were treated differently because their 1981–82 budgeted RFC for 1981–82 was lower than the level assumed for 1982–83 in the housing support grant settlement.