§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of people registered for community charge payments in each regional authority for 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91; and if he will list the percentage changes in each case compared with the previous year's figures.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 21 January 1991]: The available information, obtained from returns by community charges registration officers, is set out in the table. The figures include students, who are liable for only 20 per cent. of the community charge, but exclude those liable for collective or standard charges. The October 1988 figures were provisional, and unavailable for some areas.
1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91; and if he will list the percentage changes which have taken place in each case compared with the previous year's figures.
Lord James Douglas Hamilton[holding answer 21 January 1991]: The information is set out in the table.
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Constituency Electoral register 1988 Percentage change Electoral register 1989 Percentage change Electoral register 1990 Percentage change East Kilbride 63,956 -0.07 63,715 -0ֵ38 64,206 +0.77 East Lothian 65,542 -0.09 66,108 +0.86 67,524 +2.14 Eastwood 62,839 +0.20 63,483 +1.02 64,083 +0.95 Edinburgh Central 58,975 -1.31 57,069 -3.23 57,794 +1.27 Edinburgh East 48,745 -1.00 47,802 -1.93 48,558 +1.58 Edinburgh Leith 60,031 -1.08 58,984 -1.74 59,331 +0.59 Edinburgh Pentlands 58,884 +0.40 58,538 -0.59 57,280 -2.15 Edinburgh South 64,026 -0.31 62,452 -2.46 62,205 -0.40 Edinburgh West 62,652 -0.12 61,172 -2.36 60,840 -0.54 Falkirk East 52,737 -0.57 52,679 -0.11 52,514 -0.31 Falkirk West 50,606 -0.20 50,506 -0.20 50,739 +0.46 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 53,621 -0.69 53,481 -0.26 54,512 +1.93 Glasgow Cathcart 48,767 -2.14 47,702 -2.18 46,861 -1.76 Glasgow Central 50,867 -1.33 50,535 -0.65 49,943 -1.17 Glasgow Garscadden 46,916 -3.24 44,828 -4.45 43,397 -3.19 Glasgow Govan 50,190 -1.88 48,908 -2.55 48,089 -1.67 Glasgow Hillhead 57,704 -0.93 56,718 -1.71 56,631 -0.15 Glasgow Maryhill 52,039 -1.72 50,589 -2.79 49,316 -2.52 Glasgow Pollock 50,829 -2.29 49,497 -2.62 48,317 -2.38 Glasgow Provan 42,908 -3.35 41,086 -4.25 39,966 -2.73 Glasgow Rutherglen 56,929 -1.97 55,695 -2.17 54,920 -1.40 Glasgow Shettleston 53,883 -0.63 53,254 -1.17 52,973 -0.53 Glasgow Springburn 50,489 -3.21 48,785 -3.37 47,612 -2.40 Gordon 75,228 +1.39 75,534 +0.41 77,974 +3.23 Greenock and Port Glasgow 57,339 -1.97 55,612 -3.01 54,564 -1.89 Hamilton 63,167 +0.02 62,688 -0.76 63,127 +0.70 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 66,695 -0.95 67,262 +0.85 68,011 +1.11 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 63,325 -0.18 62,834 -0.78 62,982 +0.24 Kincardine and Deeside 64,398 +0.28 64,427 +0.05 65,492 +1.65 Kirkcaldy 53,823 -0.18 53,626 -0.37 53,067 -1.04 Linlithgow 60,584 +0.95 61,135 +0.91 61,786 +1.06 Livingston 58,008 +1.36 59,533 +2.63 60,868 +2.24 Midlothian 61,139 +0.01 61,089 -0.08 60,982 -0.18 Monklands East 50,271 -0.27 49,533 -1.47 49,658 +0.25 Monklands West 51,300 -0.61 50,450 -1.66 50,526 +0.15 Moray 63,206 +0.46 62,838 -0.58 63,309 +0.75 Motherwell North 58,331 -0.36 57,971 -0.62 58,112 +0.24 Motherwell South 52,599 -0.46 51,704 -1.70 51,470 -0.45 North East Fife 52,442 -0.62 52,310 -0.25 52,854 +1.04 North Tayside 54,582 +0.22 54,367 -0.39 54,831 +0.85 Orkney and Shetland 31,180 -0.49 31,116 -0.21 31,094 -0.07 Paisley North 48,973 -2.09 48,213 -1.55 48,208 -0.01 Paisley South 50,403 -2.76 49,595 -1.60 49,363 -0.47 Perth and Kinross 63,957 -0.01 64,505 +0.86 64,669 +0.25 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 57,025 +0.12 57,234 +0.37 57,999 +1.34 Ross, Cromarty and Skye 52,278 -1.00 53,062 +1.50 54,084 +1.93 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 43,631 -0.03 43,484 -0.34 43,675 +0.44 Stirling 58,715 +0.47 58,387 -0.56 58,429 +0.07 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 63,296 -0.45 62,706 -0.93 62,339 -0.59 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 38,438 +0.40 38,773 +0.87 39,204 +1.11 Western Isles 23,085 -2.53 23,097 +0.05 23,084 -0.06