Rate Support Grant

HC Deb 03 May 1988 vol 132 cc377-8W

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the outturn or estimated outturn total of rate support grant paid to local authorities in Scotland in total in each year from 1979–80 to 1987–88.

Mr. Lang

The information requested is set out in the table.

	£
1979–80	1,194,800,000
1980–81	1,451,000,000
1981–82	1,512,300,000
1982–83	1,633,100,000
1983–84	1,718,250,000

Table 1
Catering services staff: whole time equivalent
	31 March 1982	31 March 1983	31 March 1987	30 September 1987(c)
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
Scotland	5,765.1	194.7	5,793.7	195.0	5,005.3	172.5	4,900.8	167.2
CSA	21.0	1.0	26.3	2.0	19.1	1.0	18.7	1.0
Argyll and Clyde	450.5	17.0	436.6	18.0	370.0	12.0	359.4	11.0
Ayrshire and Arran	313.8	12.0	333.7	14.0	328.3	13.0	323.8	11.0
Borders	68.6	2.0	72.2	3.0	76.5	3.0	75.1	3.0
Dumfries and Galloway	184.8	5.0	180.9	4.0	176.1	4.6	170.8	5.8
Fife	271.4	9.0	271.1	10.0	274.4	11.0	271.9	11.0

	£
1984–85	1,670,870,312
1985–86	1,704,059,747
1986–87	1,656,162,143
1987–88	1,777,322,740

Note:

The figures given for 1985–86, 1986–87 and 1987–88 are estimates based on the latest expenditure returns submitted by local authorities.