HC Deb 26 October 1989 vol 158 cc575-6W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the level of council house rent arrears for each Scottish district and islands authority at(a) April 1986 and (b) April 1989.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Information on the accumulated rent arrears owed to Scottish local authorities is collected annually on the basis of arrears outstanding at 30 September. The amounts outstanding at 30 September 1985 and 30 September 1988 are as follows:

Rent arrears of District and Islands Councils at 30 September
1985 1988
£ £
SCOTLAND 17,698,066 30,067,921
Berwickshire1 43,397 54,638
Ettrick and Lauderdale 28,780 40,664
Roxburgh 162,267 100,708
Tweeddale 19,568 15,813
Clackmannan 169,583 800,903
Falkirk 604,830 667,830
Stirling 362,592 635,700
Annandale and Eskdale 89,947 121,708
Nithsdale 138,123 322,710
Stewartry 16,908 31,137
Wigtown 67,272 173,229
Dunfermline 466,974 669,523
Kirkcaldy 381,896 698,990
North East Fife 63,600 117,675
Aberdeen 568,992 1,144,379
Banff and Buchan 194,557 277,064
Gordon 38,498 76,225
Kincardine and Deeside 25,599 48,878
Moray 41,825 105,555
Badenoch and Strathspey 11,981 17,900
Caithness 26,307 109,666
Inverness 137,154 2
Lochaber 97,700 53,259
Nairn 5,170 2
Ross and Cromarty 214,453 268,364

1985 1988
£ £
Skye and Lochalsh 24,687 27,400
Sutherland 14,254 29,279
East Lothian 213,935 416,583
Edinburgh 993,270 1,709,041
Midlothian 244,054 279,632
West Lothian 150,568 239,049
Argyll and Bute 65,299 167,810
Bearsden and Milngavie 30,484 126,374
Clydebank 516,541 1,567,976
Clydesdale 73,984 191,031
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 394,358 446,934
Cumnock and Doon Valley 269,013 391,219
Cunninghame 170,000 304,415
Dumbarton1 486,136 445,232
East Kilbride 35,536 40,059
Eastwood 25,392 38,237
Glasgow 5,814,000 10,241,488
Hamilton 537,661 487,120
Inverclyde 254,159 318,000
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 113,144 214,026
Kyle and Carrick 189,839 333,026
Monklands 594,509 958,767
Motherwell 743,287 1,063,807
Renfrew 463,214 1,226,984
Strathkelvin 468,721 459,718
Angus 94,055 117,843
Dundee 488,398 1,019,368
Perth and Kinross 132,890 188,615
Orkney Islands 34,091 57,583
Shetland Islands 94,614 111,934
Western Isles 2 296,853
1 Figures include rate arrears.
2 Not available.