HC Deb 23 May 1988 vol 134 cc18-9W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the average domestic rate bill payable per household for 1988–89 in each local authority area in Scotland.

Mr. Lang

The table shows estimates of the average domestic rate bill in each local authority area in 1988–89 calculated using the latest data available. The figures do not reflect the rate reduction of 5.6p proposed for Lothian regional council:

Average domestic rate bill
£
Berwickshire 355
Ettrick and Lauderdale 358
Roxburgh 356
Tweeddale 379
Clackmannan 450
Falkirk 427
Stirling 585
Annandale and Eskdale 382
Nithsdale 398
Stewartry 399
Wigtown 355
Dunfermline 465
Kirkcaldy 459
North East Fife 525

£
Aberdeen City 432
Banff and Buchan 346
Gordon 393
Kincardine and Deeside 398
Moray 337
Badenoch and Strathspey 381
Caithness 313
Inverness 428
Lochaber 359
Nairn 423
Ross and Cromarty 365
Skye and Lochalsh 253
Sutherland 248
East Lothian 631
Edinburgh City 640
Midlothian 592
West Lothian 547
Argyll and Bute 446
Bearsden and Milngavie 887
Clydebank 468
Clydesdale 507
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 546
Cumnock and Doon Valley 431
Cunninghame 514
Dumbarton 584
East Kilbride 570
Eastwood 791
Glasgow City 506
Hamilton 553
Inverclyde 515
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 485
Kyle and Carrick 579
Monklands 523
Motherwell 502
Renfrew 541
Strathkelvin 607
Angus 426
Dundee City 486
Perth and Kinross 465
Orkney 194
Shetland 392
Western Isles 226
AVERAGE SCOTLAND 500

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