§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons in Scotland in each of the last 10 years received rent or rate rebates; and how many were entitled but did not claim.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is set out in the following table:
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Rent Rebates Date Estimated public sector rent rebates November 1972 133,315 November 1973 265,457 November 1974 154,019 September 1975 183,219 September 1976 202,348
Date Estimated public sector rent rebates September 1977 216,934 September 1978 222,810 September 1979 223,793 September 1980 236,889 September 1981 284,435
Rates Rebates Financial year Rate Rebates 1971–72 198,092 1972–73 208,833 1973–74 219,126 1974–75 * 1975–76 327,835 1976–77 367,223 1977–78 383,152 1978–79 373,648 1979–80 383,146 1980–81 414,570 1981–82 467,840 * No statistics available due to Local Government Reorganisation. No information is collected centrally about the take up of entitlement for rent and rate rebates. However, it is estimated on the basis of survey data that about three quarters of those public sector tenants eligible actually receive rent rebates. Similar estimates are not available for the take up of rate rebate.