§ Mr. Hirstasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the percentage increases in the rate poundage for each Scottish district council between the years 1980–81 and 1983–84.
§ Mr. AncramThe information is set out in the table.
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Percentage increase in rate poundage 1980–81 to 1983–84 BORDERS REGION Berwickshire 55.0 Ettrick and Lauderdale 94.0 Roxburgh 140.0 Tweeddale 12.5 CENTRAL REGION Clackmannan 44.4 Falkirk 68.2 Stirling *111.1 DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY REGION Annandale and Eskdale 30.0 Nithsdale 68.0 Stewartry 100.0 Wigtown 28.6 FIFEREGION Dunfermline 57.1 Kirkcaldy * 100.0 North East Fife 15.6 GRAMPIANREGION Aberdeen City 69.4 Banff and Buchan 33.3 Gordon -26.9 Kincardine and Deeside 0.0 Moray -26.7 HIGHLAND REGION Badenoch and Strathspey 100.0
Percentage increase in rate poundage 1980–81 to 1983–84 Caithness 28.6 Inverness 69.2 Lochaber 42.1 Nairn 130.0 Ross and Cromarty -7.7 Skye and Lochalsh 4.62 Sutherland 23.5 LOTHIAN REGION East Lothian 43.6 Edinburgh City 41.0 Midlothian 42.5 West Lothian 36.1 STRATHCLYDE REGION Argyll and Bute 44.4 Bearsden and Milngavie 25.0 Clydebank 75.0 Clydesdale 29.4 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 133.3 Cumnock and Doon Valley 57.1 Cunninghame 69.6 Dumbarton 20.7 East Kilbride 35.3 Eastwood 6.2 Glasgow City *65.7 Hamilton 73.9 Inverclyde 100.0 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 60.9 Kyle and Carrick 111.1 Monklands 32.2 Motherwell 57.7 Renfrew 93.3 Strathkelvin 52.3 TAYSIDE REGION Angus 54.6 Dundee City 207.1 Perth and Kinross 57.1 * 1983–84: Revised rate poundage following selective action.