HC Deb 08 July 1983 vol 45 cc203-4W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each housing authority in Scotland (a) the average standard rent, (b) the budgeted rate fund contribution to the housing revenue account expressed as an amount per council house, (c) the housing support grant, if any, expressed as an amount per council house, (d) the average rates paid per council house and (e) the average district council rate paid per council house.

Mr. Ancram

The information requested in relation to average standard rents, rate fund contributions and housing support grant is set out in the following table. The information sought in respect of average rates paid per council house is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

1983–84
£ per house
Authority Average Standard Rent Rate Fund Contribution Housing Support Grant
Berwickshire 599 235
Ettrick and Lauderdale 574 78
Roxburgh 644 10 209
Tweedale 594 6
Clackmannan 537 97 5
Falkirk 531 128
Stirling 485 254 2
Annandale and Eskdale 603 48 312
Nithsdale 498 44
Stewartry 656 38 168
Wigtown 623 55
Dunfermline 605 95
Kirkcaldy 545 68
North East Fife 664 40
Aberdeen 414 224 95
Banff and Buchan 577 10 192
Gordon 607 107 290
Kincardine and Deeside 547 53 276
Moray 540 180
Balenoch and Strathspey 601 28 459
Caithness 489 94 212
Inverness 546 174 182
Lochaber 590 222 391
Nairn 578 144 240
Ross and Cromarty 559 47 496
Skye and Lochalsh 593 207 440
Sutherland 561 108 263
East Lothian 529 63 67
Edinburgh 636 104
Midlothian 510 126
West Lothian 545 87
Argyll and Bute 702 21 305
Bearsden and Milngavie 585 257
Clydesbank 470 137 157
Clydesdale 504 63
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 527 200
Cumnock and Doon Valley 510 128

Authority Average Standard Rent Rate Fund Contribution Housing Support Grant
Cunninghame 459 169
Dumbarton 443 196
East Kilbride 591 234
Eastwood 549 76
Glasgow 504 194 190
Hamilton 483 212 5
Inverclyde 432 192 95
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 472 156
Kyle and Carrick 499 131 47
Monklands 484 142 60
Motherwell 463 180 26
Renfrew 437 184
Strathkelvin 503 197 31
Angus 559 26 13
Dundee 420 176
Perth and Kinross 561
Orkney 527 164 505
Shetland 551 319 914
Western Isles 668 437 686

Source: Local Authority Budget Returns to Scottish Development Department.