§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the total subsidies paid in each year since 1975 by Strathclyde regional council, under section 20 of the Transport Act 1968, to support British Rail's commuter traffic serving Glasgow and (b) the percentage which each of these sums represented of the region's total revenue spending in each year.
§ Mr. AncramThe information is as follows:
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(a) Strathclyde Section 20 Subsidy (£m) (b) (a) as percentage of Region's Total Revenue Expenditure* 1975–76 8.1 1.8 1976–77 7.6 1.3 1977–78 8.5 1.4 1978–79 12.1 1.7 1979–80 14.9 1.9 1980–81 25.7 2.6 1981–82 23.3 2.0 1982–83 26.5 2.1 1983–84 27.2 2.1 1984–85 26.8 2.0 * The total revenue expenditure figures used for comparison with expenditure on S.20 payments are taken from the appropriate editions of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Publication "Rating Review". The figures include all expenditure relevant for rate support grant purposes, including loan charges, and any non-relevant expenditure recorded in the publication. following table. Children's hearings statistics do not differentiate between types of offence committed by children; the figures therefore give all referrals to reporters to children's panels on offence grounds. For consistency, figures of cases dealt with by courts are provided on the same basis.