§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the annual expenditure, expressed per head of population, in each of the cities of Dundee, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh for each of the last 10 years from(a) the European regional development fund, (b) the European social fund, (c) the Scottish Development Agency, (d) the urban programme and (e) rate support grant.
§ Mr. LangFigures for expenditure under the European social fund and the urban programme are not readily available in the form requested; figures in respect of he others are:
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(1) European Regional Development Fund £ per head of population Dundee Aberdeen Glasgow Edinburgh 1976 2.03 2.46 0.39 0.95 1977 0.74 — 0.01 0.12 1978 — — — 1.16 1979 0.56 5.43 5.67 0.51 1980 3.13 14.70 4.23 — 1981 14.29 12.85 8.28 3.21 1982 6.64 — 4.58 —
Dundee Aberdeen Glasgow Edinburgh 1983 7.72 — 22.02 — 1984 23.38 — 11.64 — 1985 7.07 — 22.91 00.3 1986 30.56 — 33.97 — Notes:
(i) Figures are in respect of ERDF commitment for infrastructure projects.
(ii) ERDF is allocated by the European Commission mainly to assisted areas. Exceptionally, a project located outwith an assisted area may receive assistance if it can be demonstrated that it is an essential complement to the infrastructure of an adjacent assisted area.
(2) Rate Support Grant (£ per head of population) Dundee Aberdeen Glasgow Edinburgh 1977–78 18.72 18.03 18.79 12.73 1978–79 23.75 15.21 33.84 14.98 1979–80 25.26 18.57 42.79 16.69 1980–81 26.37 23.60 53.17 23.41 1981–82 24.87 25.21 49.34 25.75 1982–83 28.98 23.09 57.22 23.71 1983–84 32.11 25.29 59.36 25.80 1984–85 31.03 25.71 54.77 15.01 1985–86 36.61 16.37 58.17 21.76 1986–87 28.43 12.71 52.92 16.90 Note:
Rate support grant is paid to both regional and district councils with the larger part going to the regions. The above figures only include the grant to the district councils since the grant to regional councils cannot be apportioned to their constituent districts.
(3) Scottish Development Agency (£ per head of population) Dundee Aberdeen Glasgow Edinburgh 1981–82 21.1 1.6 26.5 7.0 1982–83 29.2 1.0 23.9 6.4 1983–84 34.5 2.7 30.6 10.4 1984–85 23.2 14.9 34.6 9.7 1985–86 31.9 35.4 34.3 9.9 1986–87 30.0 15.1 43.3 5.8 Note:
No information on SDA expenditure is available before 1981–82.