Rate Support Grant

HC Deb 13 April 1988 vol 131 cc140-3W

Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing for each district council area in Scotland(a) the rate of support grant for 1987–88, (b) that figure expressed per capita of the population of the authority, (c) the rate support grant in 1978–79 in 1986 prices, (d) expressed as a sum per capita of the then population of the authority, and (e) the percentage difference between (c) and (d).

Mr. Lang

The figures show for each local authority the total and per capita amounts of rate support grant paid in 1987–88, the total and per capita amounts of rate support grant paid in 1978–79 expressed in 1986–87 prices, and the percentage difference between the 1978–79 and 1987–88 per capita figures. The GDP deflator is used to convert the figures for 1978–79 from cash to 1986–87 prices. The grant figures used for 1987–88 are based on the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987. No adjustment has been

	(1) Total RSG 1987–88	(2) Total RSG per head 1987–88	(3) Total RSG 1978–79 in 1986–87 prices	(4) Total RSG per head 1978–79 in 1986–87 price	(5) Percentage change between column 2 and column 4
Regions
Borders	39,903,204	391.96	37,585,671	374.04	5.0
Central	73,894,672	271.85	74,802,201	275.19	-1.0
Dumfries and Galloway	53,254,149	362.84	49,262,167	343.36	6.0
Fife	97,346,577	283.13	100,201,708	292.07	-3.0
Grampian	145,915,693	290.18	148,270,940	319.42	-9.0
Highland	89,287,275	444.74	90,335,804	479.17	-7.0
Lothian	188,261,970	253.75	228,644,362	304.73	-17.0
Strathclyde	868,415,907	370.39	900,064,841	368.08	1.0
Tayside	124,784,343	31805	124,661,542	309.39	3.0
Islands
Orkney	9,421,381	489.02	8,241,727	452.92	8.0
Shetland	11,139,709	472.42	11,887,137	554.18	-15.0
Western Isles	29,665,079	941.93	23,576,297	794.75	19.0
Districts
Berwickshire	453,691	24.20	773,274	43.24	-44.0
Ettrick and Lauderdale	700,083	21.07	1,281,908	39.00	-46.0
Roxburgh	1,497,245	42.51	1,710,379	47.68	-11.0
Tweeddale	287,902	19.71	453,246	32.69	-40.0
Clackmannan	1,042,782	21.91	1,978,584	41.16	-47.0
Falkirk	1,650,467	11.54	3,226,336	22.38	-48.0
Stirling	933,493	11.50	2,458,923	30.89	-63.0
Annandale and Eskdale	840,120	23.39	1,212,824	34.57	-32.0
Nithsdale	996,694	17.38	1,623,543	28.87	-40.0
Stewartry	452,270	19.55	657,241	29.33	-33.0
Wigtown	706,293	23.25	1,010,377	33.96	-32.0
Dunfermline	1,485,223	11.50	4,412,015	34.53	-67.0
Kirkcaldy	1,953,516	13.18	4,965,083	33.19	-60.0
North East Fife	983,908	14.79	2,040,632	31.04	-52.0
Aberdeen City	4,180,520	19.33	6,230,813	29.87	-35.0
Banff and Buchan	958,713	11.53	3,013,947	38.32	-70.0
Gordon	1,967,205	27.79	3,565,627	62.31	-55.0
Kincardine and Deeside	738,280	15.44	1,414,273	36.99	-58.0
Moray	1,166,722	13.76	3,265,358	40.05	-66.0
Badenoch and Strathspey	120,125	11.33	249,434	26.03	-56.0
Caithness	1,122,787	41.38	1,286,147	46.25	-11.0
Inverness	676,472	1113	1,576,523	28.46	-61.0
Lochaber	361,610	18.67	1,096,253	54.47	-66.0
Nairn	276,063	26.96	352,922	34.69	-22.0
Ross and Cromarty	1,297,308	27.08	3,166,531	74.17	-63.0
Skye and Lochalsh	515,714	44.74	427,913	42.41	5.0
Sutherland	698,277	52.85	997,605	78.81	-33.0

	(1) Total RSG 1987–88	(2) Total RSG per head 1987–88	(3) Total RSG 1978–79 in 1986–87 prices	(4) Total RSG per head 1978–79 in 1986–87 price	(5) Percentage change between column 2 and column 4
Regions
East Lothian	1,512,254	18.47	2,812,136	35.7	-48.0
Edinburgh City	12,513,104	28.55	13,283,327	29.1	-2.0
Midlothian	3,100,730	38.16	4,280,388	50.71	-25.0
West Lothian	3,617,707	25.74	5,526,067	42.31	-39.0
Argyll and Bute	3,712,326	56.60	3,724,008	57.56	-2.0
Bearsden and Milngavie	615,782	15.33	1,704,323	43.82	-65.0
Clydebank	4,362,463	88.66	4,474,560	82.52	7.0
Clydesdale	2,375,903	40.76	2,399,805	42.79	-5.0
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	1,964,426	31.43	2,427,921	39.23	-20.0
Cumnock and Doon Valley	2,787,310	64.03	3,107,957	66.61	-4.0
Cunninghame	3,697,912	26.96	5,508,373	40.8	-34.0
Dumbarton	1,409,745	17.78	3,218,793	40.5	-56.0
East Kilbride	1,449,300	17.71	3,108,537	37.15	-52.0
Eastwood	951,835	16.98	2,095,626	40.98	-59.0
Glasgow City	46,813,579	64.56	53,811,989	66.46	-3.0
Hamilton	3,903,354	36.50	7,160,877	66.81	-45.0

made for grant penalties since they will be restored if authorities bring their expenditure down to guideline at outturn.

	(1) Total RSG 1987–88	(2) Total RSG per head 1987–88	(3) Total RSG 1978–79 in 1986–87 prices	(4) Total RSG per head 1978–79 in 1986–87 price	(5) Percentage change between column 2 and column 4
Inverclyde	3,675,399	37.80	5,570,393	54.17	-30.0
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	3,060,252	37.75	4,281,200	52.6	-28.0
Kyle and Carrick	2,313,844	20.46	4,658,043	41.4	-51.0
Monklands	5,516,803	51.55	8,478,040	77.01	-33.0
Motherwell	4,898,964	33.10	7,484,757	49.06	-33.0
Renfrew	7,869,812	38.73	9,961,113	46.72	-17.0
Strathkelvin	3,522,383	39.46	3,991,223	47.46	-17.0
Angus	2,394,766	25.71	3,597,592	39.13	-34.0
Dundee City	7,085,771	40.21	8,848,163	46.2	-13.0
Perth and Kinross	2,280,834	18.55	3,612,413	30.24	-39.0
Scotland	1,896,760,000	370.39	2,031,109,723	392.15	-6.0