§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people successfully claimed personal community charge transitional relief in(a) 1989–90 and (b) 1990–91 in each islands and district council area in Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartRegional and island councils are required to provide information on the numbers of people who qualified for relief under the original and the enhanced transitional relief schemes. Information about qualifiers in district council areas is not available centrally. The table shows provisional figures provided by local authorities of qualifiers in 1989–90. The scheme was revised in January 1991 with backdated effect to 1 April 1990. In practice, only one authority paid out relief in respect of the financial year 1990–91 before the scheme was replaced by the personal community charge reduction scheme. Figures for 1990–91 are not therefore available.
1989–90 Borders 1,655 Central 4,679 Dumfries and Galloway 2,664 Fife 16,202 Highland 9,211 Lothian 78,795 Strathclyde 157,000 Tayside 25,833 Grampian 9,668 Shetland 166 Orkney — Western Isles 313