§ 14. Mr. Allen Adamsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the Scottish Development Agency budget was spent in each Scottish district other than Renfrew district.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information is as follows:
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Scottish Development Agency expenditure by district and islands council area 1 January to 30 April 1986 District Total £'000 Per cent. Argyll and Bute 113 0.3 Dumbarton 131 0.3 Clydebank 1,413 3.4 Bearsden/Milngavie 14 — Strathkelvin 37 0.1 Cumbernauld/Kilsyth 42 0.1 Monklands 1,920 4.6 Glasgow City 12,900 31.1 Renfrew 717 1.7 Inverclyde 2,415 5.6 Cunninghame 872 2.1 Kilmarnock and Loudon 317 0.8 Eastwood 14 — East Kilbride 3 — Hamilton 225 0.6 Motherwell 2,667 6.4 Clydesdale 80 0.2 Cumnock & Doon 175 0.4 Kyle and Carrick 244 0.6 Wigtown 143 0.3 Stewartry 12 — Nithsdale 84 0.2 Tweedale 23 0.1 Ettrick and Lauderdale 767 1.9
District Total £'000 Per cent. Roxburgh 21 0.1 West Lothian 1,270 3.1 Edinburgh City 1,024 2.5 Midlothian 240 0.6 East Lothian 131 0.3 Stirling 306 0.7 Clackmannan 255 0.6 Falkirk 903 2.2 North East Fife 92 0.2 Kirkcaldy 160 0.4 Dunfermline 1,182 2.9 Angus 212 0.5 Perth and Kinross 219 0.5 Dundee City 2,422 5.8 Moray 25 0.1 Banff and Buchan 133 0.3 Aberdeen City 2,332 5.6 Caithness 70 0.2 Sutherland 3 — Inverness 26 0.1 Lochaber 7 — Shetland 252 0.6 Annandale and Eskdale 81 0.2 Berwick 23 0.1 Gordon 124 0.3 Kincardine and Deeside 12 — Western Isles 6 — Orkney 34 0.1 Badenoch and Strathspey — — Skye and Lochaber — — Nairn — — Unallocated 4,604 11.1 41,497 99.9 Notes:
1. Figures do not add up to 100 per cent. because of rounding.
2 The figures in the above table exclude expenditure on running costs. The unallocated entry is made up of categories of spend which the Agency does not allocate to districts. These are under the following headings:
Maintenance—Dilapidations, estate land maintenance, security, land marketing signs, fire and engineering insurances.
Land and Buildings—Plant and equipment, notice boards, owner controlled insurance, gas, water and electricity supplies, feasibility studies and surveys,
Development Grants — Programme for Rural Initiatives and Development, Development of Rural Area Workshops, Better Business Services, Training and Employment Grants Scheme and Craft Grants.
3. Figure for Renfrew adjusted to take into account final settlements. (see Hansard 6 May 1986, column 13).
Scottish Development Agency Budget Total Budget Initial Gross Provision Revised Gross Provision Spend £ million £ million £ million 1980–81 104.2 — 97.8 1981–82 111.8 — 97.8 1982–83 123.2 123.2 122.7 1983–84 123.2 123.3 115.9 1984–85 125.6 137.2 117.8 1985–86 127.9 — *131.0 1986–87 136.5 — — * Estimate. Notes:
1. Gross provision represents the gross grant-in-aid provision plus net provision for investment finance from the National Loans Fund and public dividend capital.
2. The excess of expenditure over provision in 1985–86 was financed by additional receipts.