§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the housing authorities in Scotland which, since 1979, have failed in one or more years to
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1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 £ million £ million £ million Amount by which aggregate of Scottish housing authorities' budgeted rate fund contributions exceeded the aggregate of the limits on such contributions specified by the Government for the purposes of the housing expenditure limits system 54.917 34.420 12.362 Aggregate amount by which authorities which budgeted for a rate fund contribution in excess of their limit did so 63.759 41.716 13.482 meet or keep below the Government's limit on rate fund contributions to the housing revenue account; and if he will detail the percentage excess in each case.
§ Mr. AncramThe information is as follows:
Budget RFC's as percentage of RFC limit (where authority budgeted for a RFC in excess of its limit) Authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Aberdeen 312 164 117 Angus — — * Argyll and Bute 110 — 159 Bearsden and Milngavie 123 — — Caithness — — 118 Clackmannan 252 — 103 Clydebank 101 222 109 Cumnock and Doon Valley 202 138 128 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth — 117 — Cunninghame 137 218 — Dumbarton 227 176 103 Dundee 250 163 114 Dunfermline — — 136 East Lothian — — 145 Edinburgh — — 161 Falkirk 228 144 113 Glasgow 412 173 — Gordon — — 104 Hamilton 406 131 110 Inverclyde 170 230 125 Inverness 177 148 104 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 123 232 112 Kyle and Carrick 151 149 109 Lochaber 214 251 — Midlothian 153 113 125 Monklands 379 — 119 Motherwell 260 191 125 Nairn 133 115 — Orkney 213 — — Renfrew 187 185 121 Shetland — 147 — Skye and Lochalsh — 122 — Strathkelvin 136 137 131 Stirling 396 121 130 Sutherland — — 129 Western Isles 335 203 — West Lothian — 106 109 * Angus district council was given a RFC limit of zero but budgeted for an RFC of £0.360 million. Note: The housing expenditure limits system was first introduced in 1981–82. No limits were specified for rate fund contributions before then.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each of the past five years (a) the aggregate amount by which Scottish housing authorities' budgeted rate fund contributions to their housing revenue accounts have exceeded the Government's limit on such contributions, (b) the aggregate amount by which those authorities which exceeded the limit did so and (c) the aggregate amount by which those authorities which made contributions less than their limit did so.
§ Mr. AncramThe information is as follows:
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1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 £ million £ million £ million Aggregate amount by which authorities which budgeted for a rate fund contribution lower than their limit did so 8.842 7.296 1.20 Note: The housing expenditure limits system was first introduced in 1981–82.
No limits were specified for rate fund contributions before then.