§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland at what point after their Gulf posting local authorities are able to exempt(a) married and (b) single service personnel from the poll tax.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThere is no provision for exempting service personnel from the personal community charge. However, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment announced on 19 February, the Government have concluded that service personnel and associated civilians posted to the Gulf should not have to bear the cost of the community charge during the period of their posting. The details of how this will be achieved are at present being finalised.
§ Mr. FavellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the average domestic rate bill in each local authority in Scotland which would be necessary to yield the same revenue as his estimate of the yield of the community charge in 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 12 March 1991]: In the absence of up-to-date information on the number of domestic rateable subjects it is not possible to answer this 579W question precisely. The table is based on provisional outturn information from local authorities on the yield of the community charge in 1990–91 and the budgeted yield in 1991–92, together with details of the number of domestic subjects at 1 April 1988.
Average rates yield per domestic subject to give same income as community charge in: 1990–91 (Provisional outturn) £ 1991–92 (Budget estimate) £ District Councils Berwickshire 341.12 446.11 Ettrick and Lauderdale 357.91 471.59 Roxburgh 361.58 464.20 Tweeddale 360.39 459.01 Clackmannan 577.63 712.30 Falkirk 467.37 596.71 Stirling 591.51 706.80 Annandale and Eskdale 434.17 552.97 Nithsdale 420.91 549.25 Stewartry 399.99 514.14 Wigtown 402.36 536.68 Dunfermline 545.96 674.65 Kirkcaldy 552.51 670.19 North East Fife 569.19 682.86 Aberdeen City 438.20 587.99 Banff and Buchan 398.48 521.02 Gordon 372.38 498.11 Kincardine and Deeside 339.85 462.06 Moray 364.58 480.26 Badenoch and Strathspey 389.68 500.75 Caithness 382.92 488.32 Inverness 381.78 490.99 Lochaber 417.53 541.90 Nairn 384.56 495.91 Ross and Cromarty 415.85 536.38 Skye and Lochalsh 379.36 501.36 Sutherland 361.57 504.45 East Lothian 645.71 840.53 Edinburgh City 694.83 894.07 Midlothian 635.09 831.69 West Lothian 628.85 792.16 Argyll and Bute 501.63 625.84 Bearsden and Milngavie 519.54 631.19 Clydebank 535.67 675.87 Clydesdale 524.53 647.53 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 486.10 594.97 Cumnock and Doon Valley 484.86 596.04 Cunninghame 493.95 656.15 Dumbarton 559.03 718.45 East Kilbride 570.97 689.67 Eastwood 458.88 565.42 Glasgow City 495.80 647.93 Hamilton 515.74 655.51 Inverclyde 501.73 617.25 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 472.09 606.35 Kyle and Carrick 534.62 681.44 Monklands 538.90 664.36 Motherwell 499.40 614.78 Renfrew 536.63 665.62 Strathkelvin 543.33 670.29 Angus 446.80 573.28 Dundee City 482.80 634.57 Perth and Kinross 452.13 585.63 Islands Councils Orkney 234.95 250.00 Shetland 131.56 221.68 Western Isles 268.52 272.58