§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the amount of revenue support grant allocated to each Scottish district council on a per capita basis; if he will explain the formulae applied in calculation of these grants; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe figures are set out in the table.
A full explanation of the methodology applied in determining the revenue support grant for all authorities, including district councils, for 1991–92 is set out in the report on the Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1991, which was laid before the House of Commons on 30 January and approved on 13 February.
The principles used in distributing RSG are agreed between the Scottish Office and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities through the distribution committee of the working party on local government finance.
RSG forms only part of aggregate external finance, the other components of which are specific grants and non-domestic rate income. Meaningful comparison between districts is only possible in terms of AEF as a whole.
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Revenue Support Grant 1991–92 per head of population District Councils £ Berwickshire 56.83 Ettrick and Lauderdale 48.42 Roxburgh 61.42 Tweeddale 58.81 Clackmannan 45.98 Falkirk 26.51 Stirling 30.88 Annandale and Eskdale 40.09 Nithsdale 37.54 Stewartry 47.79 Wigtown 64.38 Dunfermline 23.31 Kirkcaldy 22.43 North East Fife 57.08 Aberdeen City 38.84 Banff and Buchan 35.89 Gordon 61.39 Kincardine and Deeside 53.21 Moray 48.63 Badenoch and Strathspey 44.85 Caithness 54.41 Inverness 27.18 Lochaber 50.29 Nairn 60.06 Ross and Cromarty 69.10 Skye and Lochalsh 116.48 Sutherland 91.20 East Lothian 36.50 Edinburgh City 52.68 Midlothian 56.68 West Lothian 46.40 Argyll and Bute 93.85 Bearsden and Milngavie 63.63 Clydebank 82.24 Clydesdale 61.82 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 37.50 Cumnock and Doon Valley 64.01 Cunninghame 16.32 Dumbarton 33.83 East Kilbride 21.34 Eastwood 55.87 Glasgow City 73.37 Hamilton 53.29 Inverclyde 72.33
District Councils £ Kilmarnock and Loudoun 46.11 Kyle and Carrick 39.51 Monklands 78.13 Motherwell 59.49 Renfrew 53.07 Strathkelvin 69.66 Angus 52.31 Dundee City 65.69 Perth and Kinross 50.24