§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will consider exempting from liability for the standard community charge accommodation which is unoccupied and where the person who would otherwise be liable for payment is registered elsewhere for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of education.
§ Mr. LangNo. Students in this position and who cannot reasonably be expected to give up their homes on340W moving to another area for educational purposes may be eligible for a two homes allowance which is payable by the Scottish Education Department as an addition to the student grant.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table for each district council in Scotland of the total yield of the community charge payment by the districts to the region in the current financial year.
§ Mr. LangThe figures given in the table are the estimated yield in 1989–90 to the relevant regional councils of community charge payments made by residents and standard community charge payers within each of the districts of Scotland.
Estimated Yield of Regional Community Charge Districts £000 Berwickshire 2,565 Ettrick and Lauderdale 4,428 Roxburgh 4,780 Tweeddale 2,026 Clackmannan 6,825 Falkirk 20,974 Stirling 11,695 Annandale and Eskdale 4,981 Nithsdale 7,778 Stewartry 3,368 Wigtown 4,177 Dunfermline 20,924 Kirkcaldy 24,190 North East Fife 11,119 Aberdeen City 30,134 Banff and Buchan 11,702 Gordon 9,702 Kincardine and Deeside 6,588 Moray 12,083 Badenoch and Strathspey 1,677 Caithness 3,589 Inverness 8,164 Lochaber 2,630 Nairn 1,371 Ross and Cromarty 6,377 Skye and Lochalsh 1,711 Sutherland 1,958 East Lothian 18,304 Edinburgh City 95,541 Midlothian 17,236 West Lothian 29,143 Argyll and Bute 10,267 Bearsden and Milngavie 6,057 Clydebank 7,314 Clydesdale 8,585 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 8,862 Cumnock and Doon Valley 6,425 Cunninghame 20,697 Dumbarton 11,597 East Kilbride 12,258 Eastwood 8,565 Glasgow City 106,491 Hamilton 15,505 Inverclyde 14,334 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 11,935 Kyle and Carrick 17,250 Monklands 15,027 Motherwell 21,616 Renfrew 29,652 Strathkelvin 12,857 Angus 15,427 Dundee City 28,484 Perth and Kinross 20,975 Total District 797,922 Note: The estimated figures do not take account of Community Water Charges.