§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked 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. AncramThe 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.
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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.