HC Deb 24 November 1983 vol 49 cc268-71W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each of the last five years (a) the consent, including any supplementary consent, for capital spending issued to each Scottish housing authority for non-housing revenue account expenditure, (b) the amount, if any, by which that consent was topped up with capital receipts and (c) the amount of non-housing revenue account capital spending each authority actually incurred.

Mr. Ancram

Housing allocations were made on a gross basis for the years 1978–79 to 1981–82. The figures for the non-housing revenue account block for these years are to be found inScottish Housing Statistics, Vol. 5, page

Non-Housing Revenue Account: Capital Expenditure 1982–83
Authority Net consent Actual capital receipts Total gross consent* Expenditure
£ million £ million £ million £ million
Borders Region
Berwickshire 0.485 0.034 0.519 0.449
Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.413 0.022 0.435 0.397
Roxburgh 0.904 0.237 1.141 0.958
Tweeddale 0.165 0.016 0.181 0.091
Central Region
Clackmannan 0.550 0.066 0.616 0.369
Falkirk 0.970 0.337 1.307 1.120
Stirling 0.945 0.092 1.037 0.928
Dumfries and Galloway Region
Annandale and Eskdale 0.410 0.067 0.477 0.387
Nithsdale 0.384 0.041 0.425 0.319
Stewartry 0.225 0.016 0.241 0.218
Wigtown 0.720 0.720 0.320
Fife Region
Dunfermline 1.475 0.289 1.764 1.079
Kirkcaldy 3.100 0.380 3.480 2.708
North East Fife 0.850 0.186 1.036 0.976
Grampian Region
Aberdeen City 3.940 0.454 4.394 3.484
Banff and Buchan 1.140 0.084 1.224 0.868
Gordon 0.615 0.072 0.687 0.475
Kincardine and Deeside 0.495 0.010 0.505 0.307
Moray 1.077 0.269 1.346 1.102
Highland Region
Badenoch and Strathspey 0.125 0.005 0.130 0.076
Caithness 0.550 0.053 0.603 0.558
Inverness 1.030 0.132 1.162 0.668
Lochaber 0.160 0.160 0.105
Nairn 0.120 0.120 0.081
Ross and Cromarty 1.462 0.104 1.566 1.546
Skye and Lochalsh 0.320 0.007 0.327 0.290
Sutherland 0.514 0.066 0.580 0.312
Lothian
East Lothian 0.970 0.163 1.133 1.132
Edinburgh City 11.550 4.862 16.412 15.441
Midlothian 0.340 0.037 0.377 0.245
West Lothian 0.890 0.277 1.167 1.206
Strathclyde Region
Argyll and Bute 3.448 0.479 3.927 3.878
Bearsden and Milngavie 0.075 0.016 0.091 0.083
Clydebank 0.310 0.025 0.335 0.305
Clydesdale 0.642 0.029 0.671 0.551
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 0.160 0.046 0.206 0.203
Cumnock and Doon Valley 0.185 0.014 0.199 0.164
Cunninghame 1.286 0.300 1.586 1.579
Dumbarton 0.720 0.241 0.961 0.347
East Kilbride 0.325 0.037 0.362 0.320
Eastwood 0.325 0.057 0.382 0.169
Glasgow City 21.500 7.162 28.662 30.533
Hamilton 0.675 0.061 0.736 0.612
Inverclyde 1.241 1.398 2.639 2.454
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 0.255 0.006 0.261 0.225
Kyle and Carrick 0.980 0.066 1.046 0.523
Monklands 0.731 0.673 1.404 1.285
Motherwell 0.500 0.322 0.822 0.479
Renfrew 2.200 1.327 3.527 1.866
Strathkelvin 0.260 0.558 0.818 0.658

37; Vol. 9, page 32; Vol. 15, page 28 and Vol. 18, page 31 which are available in the Library. The following table gives the information requested for the year 1982–83:

Authority Net consent Actual capital receipts Total gross consent* Expenditure
£ million £ million £ million £ million
Tayside Region
Angus 0.885 0.098 0.983 0.673
Dundee City 6.170 0.426 6.596 4.560
Perth and Kinross 1.450 0.118 1.568 1.237
Islands Area
Orkney 1.195 0.444 1.639 0.711
Shetland 0.840 0.348 1.188 0.599
Western Isles 2.881 0.127 3.008 2.481
TOTAL 86.133 22.756 108.889 94.710
* Before transfers to or from Housing Revenue Accounts.

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