§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy to give a discount from collective community charges to charities at a level no less than the existing rate relief.
§ Mr. RifkindIt would be inappropriate to carry over into the community charge system provided for in the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Act 1987 29W precise equivalents of the reliefs available under the domestic rating system. The Act therefore makes no special arrangements for charities in the community charge system. The present structure of reliefs, including those for charities, will continue to apply to non-domestic rates.
I have, however, made it clear that people who are solely or mainly resident in hospitals, nursing homes, residential care homes and certain hostels will be exempt from personal community charge liability, and this will apply to many establishments run by charities. They will remain subject to non-domestic rates, with reliefs as appropriate.
Sales of Local Authority dwellings to sitting tenants District Sales to Sitting Tenants Total Sales Sales as a percentage of stock at 30 September 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 SCOTLAND 10,904 12,711 11,860 10,948 10,036 56,459 6.33 Borders 273 358 466 329 210 1,636 10.45 Berwickshire 44 65 93 52 75 329 11.59 Ettrick and Lauderdale 80 140 191 143 99 653 13.27 Roxburgh 101 97 142 107 21 468 7.51 Tweedale 48 56 40 27 15 186 11.19 Central 577 1,074 1,141 823 681 4,296 7.63 Clackmannan 90 168 121 102 95 576 6.02 Falkirk 431 728 691 510 342 2,702 8.07 Stirling 56- 178 329 211 244 1,018 7.67 Dumfries and Galloway 513 463 381 420 452 2,229 10.69 Annandale and Eskdale 171 103 96 102 99 571 11.08 Nithsdale 180 170 143 163 215 871 10.25 Stewartry 81 49 46 54 59 289 11.54 Wigtown 81 141 96 101 79 498 10.63 Fife 1,375 1,785 1,714 1,236 1,024 7,134 12.44 Dunfermline 612 834 701 385 330 2,862 12.44 Kirkcaldy 461 567 742 627 487 2,884 10.97 North East Fife 302 384 271 224 207 1,388 17.28 Grampian 1,124 1,730 1,711 1,508 1,100 7,173 9.83 Aberdeen 492 761 676 602 325 2,856 7.26 Banff and Buchan 166 322 399 357 301 1,545 11.96 Gordon 237 274 276 149 144 1,080 17.70 Kincardine and Deeside 73 90 71 96 61 391 11.10 Moray 156 283 289 304 269 1,301 11.75 Highland 552 506 361 408 390 2,217 8.56 Badenoch and Strathspey 29 28 21 16 44 138 12.42 Caithness 104 103 42 83 60 392 9.26 Inverness 232 176 103 137 97 745 10.36 Lochaber 50 47 52 52 65 266 7.66 Nairn 27 31 35 29 16 138 11.84 Ross and Cromarty 70 86 77 60 78 371 5.94 Skye and Lochalsh 6 10 18 14 25 73 9.71 Sutherland 34 25 13 17 5 94 5.48 Lothian 1,772 1,753 2,113 1,610 1,356 8,604 8.04 East Lothian 387 341 436 279 248 1,691 10.39 Edinburgh 801 733 933 850 710 4,087 7.36 Midlothian 411 421 430 239 176 1,677 12.71 West Lothian 173 258 254 242 222 1,149 5.22 Strathclyde 3,460 3,784 2,848 3,526 3,864 17,482 3.81 Argyll and Bute 105 126 141 142 130 644 7.59 Bearsden and Milngavie 23 53 49 25 35 185 10.14 Clydebank 77 91 83 72 138 461 3.88 Clydesdale 22 40 50 88 55 255 2.63 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 23 36 38 49 72 218 4.94 Cumnock and Doon Valley 38 67 69 52 98 324 3.13 Cunninghame 130 172 217 191 176 886 3.82