§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what changes there were in industrial rateable values in each Scottish region in the financial years 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82.
§ Mr. Allan StewartInformation confined to industrial rateable values alone is not available centrally. The following table gives rateable values relating to industrial and freight transport subjects in the authorities concerned as at 1 April 1979, 1980 and 1981.
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Rateable values of industrial and freight transport subjects Authority Rateable values 1 April 1979 Rateable values 1 April 1980 + or - Per cent. Rateable values 1 April 1981 + or - Per cent. £ £ £ £ £ Borders 1,623,676 1,627,298 +3,622 +0.2 1,644,883 +17,585 +1.1 Central 23,678,870 23,667,352 -11,518 -0.04 25,344,881 + 1,677,529 +7.1 Dumfries and Galloway 2,185,282 2,292,846 +107,564 +4.9 2,359,479 +66,633 +2.9 Fife 10,742,594 11,108,239 +365,645 + 3.4 11,275,794 + 167,555 + 1.5 Grampian 11,823,994 11,533,978 -290,016 -2.5 12,161,847 +627,869 + 5.4 Highland 4,652,684 4,621,588 -31,096 -0.7 4,938,601 + 317,013 +6.9 Lothian 14,768,186 14,171,354 -596,832 -4.0 14,449,900 +278,546 + 1.9 Strathclyde 72,364,336 70,547,043 -1,817,293 -2.5 64,577,844 -5,969,199 -8.5 Tayside 7,741,768 7,225,759 -516,009 -6.7 7,318,655 +92,896 + 1.3 Orkney 5,779,629 1,914,961 -3,864,668 -66.9 1,911,408 -3,553 -0.2 Shetland 787,004 488,976 -298,028 -37.9 450,979 -37,997 -7.8 Western Isles 296,278 320,056 +23,778 +8.0 335,341 + 15,285 +4.8