§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will present in tabular form, in respect of each local authority area in Scotland (a) the actual amount of rate support grant paid in 1978–79, (b) the actual amount of rate support grant paid in 1979–80 and, in each case, the current value in real terms and (c) the actual amount of rate support grant presently due to be paid in 1985–86.
§ Mr. AncramThe actual amounts of grant paid or to be paid in each year are set out in the table. Rate support grant is not expressed in real terms as relevant expenditure includes loan charges, a variable item, and as provision for local authority expenditure and grant has since 1982–83 been expressed in cash terms.
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1978–79 1979–80 1985–86 £ £ £ REGIONAL COUNCILS Borders 19,133,234 21,187,280 33,518,943 Central 38,711,845 43,698,462 68,470,620 Dumfries and Galloway 25,009,702 28,044,435 43,621,096 Fife 50,547,344 58,343,305 90,864,347 Grampian 77,033,048 82,276,056 129,612,272 Highland 46,087,298 51,260,463 77,193,406 Lothian 116,193,574 132,829,953 181,969,767 Strathclyde 459,174,304 522,494,405 794,025,542 Tayside 65,930,927 70,984,298 114,186,037 DISTRICT COUNCILS Borders Berwickshire 370,052 418,255 382,592 Ettrick and Lauderdale 629,866 614,654 649,828 Roxburgh 687,254 936,326 1,482,609 Tweeddale 225,008 261,302 267,714 Central Clackmannan 1,007,233 1,089,486 1,013,954 Falkirk 1,555,296 1,747,213 1,616,926 Stirling 1,216,399 1,686,780 1,164,060 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 622,887 761,680 625,407 Nithsdale 801,432 862,659 952,183 Stewartry 267,121 381,042 393,834 Wigtown 520,495 538,405 602,142 Fife
1978–79 1979–80 1985–86 £ £ £ Dunfermline 2,170,251 2,462,366 1,643,731 Kirkcaldy 2,190,895 3,097,848 2,619,506 North East Fife 975,842 1,423,500 1,215,796 Grampian Aberdeen City 4,001,698 3,621,984 3,495,183 Banff and Buchan 2,131,438 1,170,682 799,973 Gordon 2,049,688 2,222,263 1,444,598 Kincardine and Deeside 812,792 842,680 716,826 Moray 1,768,298 1,883,589 1,076,188 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 40,513 155,728 99,383 Caithness 848,251 842,638 914,144 Inverness 496,908 895,056 525,732 Lochaber 409,815 529,825 319,821 Nairn 220,987 209,228 277,899 Ross and Cromarty 2,315,358 1,783,340 1,285,499 Skye and Lochalsh 203,608 289,991 463,949 Sutherland 611,057 550,607 631,226 Lothian East Lothian 1,556,700 1,692,664 1,694,193 Edinburgh City 6,073,513 7,552,867 9,455,143 Midlothian 2,365,190 2,349,199 3,174,693 West Lothian 2,227,513 3,042,953 3,481,292 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 2,289,095 2,326,345 3,446,825 Bearsden and Milngavie 836,493 1,165,226 673,134 Clydebank 2,572,477 2,462,814 3,835,387 Clydesdale 1,242,854 1,559,429 2,051,344 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,286,047 1,515,201 1,948,917 Cumnock and Doon Valley 1,616,440 1,979,983 2,452,327
Percentages of total area restocked by main species Year to 31 March 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total area restocked (hectares) 3,494 3,242 3,157 3,069 3,567 5,669 5,014 5,510 5,798 6,753 Scots pine 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 — 1 Corsican pine 9 8 10 9 12 13 13 10 12 14 Lodgepole pine 2 1 3 5 5 4 2 2 — — Sitka spruce 66 73 64 63 55 58 59 61 62 68 Douglas fir 5 3 5 7 8 7 7 9 11 5 Larches 5 5 10 9 12 10 11 8 8 7 Other conifers 9 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 3 2 Broadleaves 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 4 4 3