§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the average rent rise over the previous year for(a) public sector and (b) private sector accommodation in each district authority area in Scotland for each year from 1979 to 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation for the public sector is given in table 1. Details of SSHA rents by district have only been collected centrally since 1984 and are shown in table 2: figures for 1987 are not yet available. Information for private sector accommodation in each district is not collected.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 21986–87 Ross and Cromarty 59.76 103.22 78.04 51.90 64.63 38.37 103.69 58.00 Skye and Lochalsh 106.86 54.84 121.75 34.71 100.80 98.52 115.24 1.78 Sutherland 38.79 125.28 55.88 50.43 55.34 50.62 71.09 16.93 East Lothian 42.92 83.09 65.12 87.26 44.92 67.14 50.35 73.20 Edinburgh 57.59 99.36 77.74 64.74 65.03 -9.20 1.75 112.13 Midlothian 50.24 76.31 95.32 45.41 45.28 55.38 47.91 66.24 West Lothian 48.49 149.99 82.03 37.86 25.91 41.36 44.36 63.59 Argyll and Bute 74.33 148.83 109.38 82.92 61.20 36.73 -0.35 67.04
Bearsden & Milngavie 18.82 156.00 72.88 32.22 30.20 37.54 107.03 125.47 Clydebank 72.62 83.93 76.99 26.85 52.02 111.99 148.27 118.56 Clydesdale 76.98 74.54 89.41 24.15 52.72 75.35 45.10 42.14 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 74.12 135.47 62.40 -0.28 25.55 110.64 104.40 89.85 Cumnock and Doon Valley 56.27 122.66 72.18 54.27 26.01 37.31 54.28 82.08 Cunninghame 0.38 102.54 45.27 42.90 0.38 0.19 85.78 133.32 Dumbarton 35.15 145.44 52.73 3.00 42.18 0.46 119.16 154.10 East Kilbride 96.43 96.61 115.13 45.21 52.52 54.65 107.06 50.23 Eastwood 48.00 126.74 75.82 29.25 25.94 25.08 22.99 25.71 Glasgow 58.10 100.79 37.01 26.65 0.70 53.01 101.84 106.73 Hamilton 36.09 72.61 105.29 54.38 36.52 47.96 95.96 108.78 Inverclyde 32.99 71.51 26.64 25.99 40.01 115.11 57.59 46.90 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 68.67 117.14 32.15 26.23 26.27 52.41 94.92 75.94 Kyle and Carrick 1.53 49.49 121.81 52.72 42.32 91.35 62.02 50.83 Monklands 43.71 69.88 92.16 49.97 0.00 105.01 122.46 95.42 Motherwell 43.84 113.99 26.70 51.99 52.17 70.35 62.15 84.76 Renfrew 47.03 96.50 47.24 11.99 25.20 51.85 87.76 78.98 Strathkelvin 69.68 149.01 35.30 24.17 45.66 54.61 133.47 62.26 Angus 19.98 151.44 53.30 87.45 50.35 49.69 57.87 49.62 Dundee 43.27 -0.06 70.26 42.07 37.97 53.17 94.04 102.12 Perth and Kinross 61.24 128.57 150.09 12.07 -0.17 60.14 51.99 51.66 Orkney Islands 56.80 61.71 72.49 41.35 45.75 112.43 68.91 85.44 Shetland Islands 44.23 124.86 126.30 7.63 -2.63 151.38 79.68 51.08 Western Isles 97.06 119.06 137.13 48.00 95.69 30.88 53.08 52.97 New Town 74.64 102.12 109.64 44.62 57.66 64.71 69.28 73.37 Cumbernauld 75.20 102.20 111.92 46.86 62.09 72.54 66.56 36.38 East Kilbride 70.82 98.24 107.06 44.62 48.61 66.78 67.38 100.47 Glenrothes 73.91 110.18 100.54 41.32 60.50 67.22 68.87 86.31 Irvine 83.94 79.29 110.61 45.72 52.74 52.96 64.80 78.57 Livingston 79.23 111.23 112.97 44.87 63.72 62.51 76.98 52.58 SSHA 92.67 101.00 107.41 38.71 54.60 61.94 81.05 88.77 1 Prior to 1980 this was Lanark District. 2 Estimated rent figures for 1987 were extracted from CIPFA's Rating Review publication.
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Table 2 Increases in SSHA Average Annual Rents(£), by district Area 1984–85 1985–86 SSHA total 61.94 81.05 Berwickshire 43.04 64.67 Ettrick and Lauderdale 48.31 83.40 Roxburgh 55.90 101.83 Tweeddale 59.50 102.37 Clackmannan 60.15 59.96 Falkirk 53.59 62.55 Stirling 66.73 79.82 Annandale and Eskdale 53.17 92.98 Nithsdale 57.50 90.91 Stewartry 42.38 70.90 Wigtown — — Dunfermline 65.32 56.28 Kirkcaldy 60.88 55.31 North East Fife — — Aberdeen 60.37 108.23 Banff and Buchan 53.61 85.50 Gordon 53.57 83.74 Kincardine and Deeside 54.03 94.29 Moray 44.29 74.65 Badenoch and Strathspey — — Caithness 38.57 55.12 Inverness 63.39 66.70 Lochaber 61.24 66.12
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Area 1984–85 1985–86 Nairn 79.16 61.86 Ross and Cromarty 45.72 54.71 Skye and Lochalsh — — Sutherland — — East Lothian 81.15 87.49 Edinburgh 71.09 91.92 Midlothian 71.30 73.00 West Lothian 63.15 64.65 Argyll and Bute 68.27 52.91 Bearsden and Milngavie 85.91 119.19 Clydebank 58.36 88.69 Clydesdale 54.62 68.93 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 72.55 91.06 Cumnock and Doon Valley 57.49 92.03 Cunninghame 70.81 58.25 Dumbarton 63.55 56.78 East Kilbride — — Eastwood 59.00 114.44 Glasgow 57.65 100.90 Hamilton 69.86 73.94 Inverclyde 69.91 84.07 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 72.81 66.06 Kyle and Carrick 67.58 80.71 Monklands 64.96 94.44 Motherwell 73.20 86.25 Renfrew 70.04 84.67 Strathkelvin 68.33 96.56
Area 1984–85 1985–86 Angus 54.54 68.93 Dundee 59.72 93.83 Perth and Kinross 46.29 83.83 Orkney Islands — — Shetland Islands 37.71 61.28 Western Isles 28.71 64.21 — No stock of SSHA dwellings in District.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on changes in private sector rent levels in Dundee since 1979, and on the Government's policy for such rent levels; and whether he plans any measures to protect tenants on low incomes in future.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNo information on private sector rent levels in general is held centrally. The Government's policy for the private rented sector in Scotland was set out in "Housing: The Government's Proposals for Scotland" (Cm. 242), published on Wednesday 11 November.
Pupils in education authority nursery schools as a percentage of all three and four year olds Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Borders 13.0 13.7 17.4 17.6 16.6 16.8 Central 21.8 25.6 28.9 29.5 31.6 31.5 Dumfries and Galloway 7.5 8.5 8.0 8.1 7.9 8.7 Fife 36.7 38.8 39.7 41.5 42.7 43.5 Grampian 18.0 18.7 19.6 18.4 18.8 18.6 Highland 8.5 9.2 10.3 10.8 10.4 10.7 Lothian 36.9 40.6 43.3 43.5 44.0 45.5 Strathclyde 23.3 24.9 27.8 28.0 27.9 27.7 Tayside 21.0 22.5 23.9 24.0 23.4 23.0 Orkney 21.1 21.4 17.7 16.7 18.1 18.7 Shetland 11.7 13.2 12.1 12.1 11.2 13.6 Western Isles 17.0 18.4 19.5 19.7 16.3 0.0 All Scotland 24.0 25.8 28.0 28.2 28.3 28.4