§ Mr. McMahonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table indicating the average domestic rates charged by each of the Scottish local authorities.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is not readily available in the form requested by the hon. Member. But the table gives the average annual domestic rate payments for each local authority area for 1982–83, combining regional and district rates and excluding domestic water rate.
304W
Authority £ Borders Region Berwickshire 194.95
Authority £ Ettrick and Lauderdale 189.79 Roxburgh 205.31 Tweedale 196.28 Central Region Clackmannan 244.01 Falkirk 260.66 Stirling 321 .06 Dumfries and Galloway Region Anandale and Eskdale 217.19 Nithsdale 232.52 Stewartry 235.83 Wigtown 201.35 Fife Region Dunfermline 252.34 Kirkcaldy 257.49 North East Fife 268.54 Grampian Region Aberdeen City 258.81 Banff and Buchan 178.85 Gordon 197.81 Kincardine and Deeside 200.59 Moray 182.17 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 223.70 Caithness 166.45 Inverness 264.28 Lochaber 225.13 Nairn 260.44 Ross and Cromarty 197.59 Skye and Lochalsh 139.91 Sutherland 148.29 Lothian Region East Lothian 353.72 Edinburgh City 330.30 Midlothian 329.03 West Lothian 299.48 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 268.70 Bearsden and Milngavie 496.43 Clydebank 290.72 Clydesdale 290.31 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 315.90 Cumnock and Doon Valley 249.16 Cunninghame 321.41 Dumbarton 358.76 East Kilbride 310.18 Eastwood 435.89 Glasgow City 301.03 Hamilton 354.01 Inverclyde 321.84 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 297.42 Kyle and Carrick 367.99 Monklands 306.67 Motherwell 301.88 Renfrew 331.66 Strathkelvin 352.32 Tayside Region Angus 209.20 Dundee City 279.17 Perth and Kinross 222.13 Orkney 79.64 Shetland 116.13 Western Isles 130.14