§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each Scottish local authority and for authorities as a whole (a) the 1982–83 guideline for services within relevant expenditure, (b) the budgeted expenditure for 1982–83 on a comparable basis and (c) the difference between (a) and (b), in £ sterling and as a percentage.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is contained in the following table:
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£ million in cash 1982–83 Budget* 1982–83 Guideline Excess £ million £ million £ million Per cent. Regional Councils Borders 42.44 42.00 0.44 1.0 Central 109.19 102.75 6.44 6.3 Dumfries and Galloway 57.74 57.00 0.74 1.3 Fife 135.31 127.50 7.81 6.1 Grampian 183.16 181.50 1.66 0.9 Highland 92.28 85.00 10.28 12.1 Lothian 361.57 295.00 66.57 22.6 Strathclyde 1,103–48 1,051–75 51.73 4.9 Tayside 167.90 156.00 11.90 7.6 ALL REGIONS 2,256–05 2,098–50 157.55 7.5 Islands Councils Orkney 14.74 10.92 3.82 35.0 Shetland 23.33 13.00 10.33 79.5 Western Isles 20.84 18.38 2.46 13.4 ALL ISLANDS 58.92 42.30 16.62 39.3 District Councils BORDERS Berwickshire 0.71 0.70 0.01 2.0 Ettrick and Lauderdale 1.37 1.20 0.17 14.3 Roxburgh 1.52 1.46 0.06 4.0 Tweeddale 0.55 0.58 -0.03 -4.7 CENTRAL Clackmannan 2.85 2.68 0.17 6.4 Falkirk 9.44 8.69 0.75 8.6 Stirling 6.69 4.58 2.11 46.0 DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Annadale and Eskdale 1.32 1.26 0.06 4.4 Nithsdale 2.07 2.07 — — Stewartry 0.87 0.82 0.05 9.2 Wigtown 1.02 0.93 0.09 9.2 FIFE Dunfermline 6.70 5.78 0.92 15.9 Kirkcaldy 9.36 8.36 1.00 12.0 North-East Fife 3.83 3.67 0.16 4.3 GRAMPIAN Aberdeen 13.98 11.69 2.29 19.5 Banff and Buchan 3.48 3.48 — —
1982–83 Budget* 1982–83 Guideline Excess £ million £ million £ million Per cent. Gordon 2.88 2.88 — — Kincardine and'Deeside 1.42 1.37 0.05 3.8 Moray 4.06 4.06 — — HIGHLAND Badenoch and Strathspey 0.42 0.37 0.05 13.0 Caithness 1.14 1.14 — — Inverness 2.94 2.62 0.32 12.1 Lochaber 0.96 0.82 0.14 17.3 Nairn 0.39 0.43 -0.04 -10.2 Ross and Cromarty 1.78 1.73 0.05 2.9 Skye and Lochalsh 0.39 †0.34 0.05 14.4 Sutherland 0.70 0.57 0.13 22.6 LOTHIAN East Lothian 5.09 4.73 0.36 7.6 Edinburgh 29.30 †28.70 0.60 2.1 Midlothian 4.89 4.86 0.03 0.6 West Lothian 7.05 6.04 1.01 16.7 STRATHCLYDE Argyll and Bute 5.92 5.12 0.80 15.7 Bearsden and Milngavie 2.58 2.19 0.39 18.0 Clydebank 3.82 3.58 0.24 6.6 Clydesdale 3.61 3.02 0.59 19.4 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 3.70 3.29 0.41 12.5 Cumnock and Doon Valley 2.65 2.14 0.51 24.0 Cunninghams 8.67 8.41 0.26 3.1 Dumbarton 5.43 4.83 0.60 12.4 East Kilbride 5.59 4.87 0.72 14.7 Eastwood 3.10 2.83 0.27 9.5 Glasgow 77.75 69.21 8.54 12.3 Hamilton 6.56 5.71 0.85 15.0 Inverclyde 5.94 6.12 -0.19 -3.0 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 5.08 4.61 0.47 10.2 Kyle and Carrick 7.87 7.39 0.48 6.5 Monklands 6.71 5.96 0.75 12.6 Motherwell 8.90 8.51 0.39 4.6 Renfrew 16.40 14.65 1.75 11.9 Strathkelvin 5.76 5.05 0.71 14.0 TAYSIDE Angus 5.02 4.68 0.34 7.3 Dundee 12.02 11.41 0.61 5.3 Perth and Kinross 5.66 5.45 0.21 3.9 ALL DISTRICTS 337.90 307.82 30.08 9.8 ALL SCOTLAND: 2,652–87 2,448–62 204.25 8.3 * The figures are as returned by local authorities and incorporate such amendments as have so far been agreed with Directors of Finance. † These guidelines differ from those published in Finance Circular 5/1982 as a result of technical adjustments.