HC Deb 21 March 1985 vol 75 cc602-3W
Mr. Corrie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the increase in income from the rate poundage set by Cunninghame district council for 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1985–86.

Mr. Younger

The information is as follows:

£ million
1983–84 0.438
1984–85 -0.457
1985–86 1.178

Note: For the purposes of this question the income from the rate poundage in each year from 1982–83 is the amount produced by multiplying the authority's rate poundage and the product of a penny rate for each year as most recently notified by the authority to the Scottish Office.

Mr. Corrie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average council house rent of one, two, three and four apartment houses in Cunninghame district council; and how these figures compare with those for the other district councils in Scotland.

Mr. Younger

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Average annual local authority rents 30 September 1984
Number of apartments Cunninghame £ Scotland £
1 or 2 436.12 460.44
3 454.55 532.89
4 471.54 600.13
5 or more 490.28 645.41
All dwellings 460.05 543.94

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