§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total yield from the rate payment to the regions for the last financial year.
§ Mr. LangThe information is set out in the table.
Estimated total rate income 1988–89 £ million Borders 22.7 Central 86.1 Dumfries and Galloway 35.9 Fife 124.8 Grampian 156.9 Highland 60.0 Lothian 290.4 Strathclyde 740.0 Tayside 114.2 Islands Councils Orkney 9.1 Shetland 50.4 Western Isles 6.7 Total regions and islands 1,697.2 Notes:
1. Rate income is less Domestic Rate Relief.
2. Estimated figures calculated using actual penny rate products, rateable values and rate poundages from "Rating Review".
3. Figures exclude rates collected by the Regions on behalf of the District Councils.