HC Deb 29 April 1994 vol 242 cc358-60W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the income in 1994–95 for each district council in Scotland comes directly from(a) central Government sources, (b) council tax and (c) other sources.

Mr. Stewart

Information about local authority income from "other sources" is not held centrally. The figures for aggregate external finance—AEF—and income from the council tax are given in the table.

AEF per cent. Council tax per cent.
Borders 87.2 12.8
Central 85.1 14.9
Dumfries and Galloway 87.1 12.9
Fife 84.9 15.1
Grampian 85.3 14.7
Highland 88.0 12.0
Lothian 81.5 18.5
Strathclyde 87.9 12.1
Tayside 85.2 14.8

Note:

  1. 1. AEF support includes Revenue Support Grant, Distributable amount of NDRI and Specific Grants (except Urban Programme specific grant, figures for which are not readily available).
  2. 2. Council Tax is inclusive of amounts of Council Tax Benefit met by grant from the Department of Social Security.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much Government grant per head of population was allocated to each district council in Scotland for 1994–95.

Mr. Stewart

The information is in the table.

Total AEF per head of population (£)
Berwickshire 119
Ettrick and Lauderdale 115
Roxburgh 126
Tweeddale 121
Clackmannan 146
Falkirk 133
Stirling 168
Annandale and Eskdale 99
Nithsdale 117
Stewartry 102
Wigtown 137
Dunfermline 122
Kirkcaldy 124
North East Fife 129
Aberdeen City 142
Banff and Buchan 122
Gordon 115
Kincardine and Deeside 105
Moray 130
Badenoch and Strathspey 125
Caithness 134

Total AEF per head of population (£)
Inverness 114
Lochaber 159
Nairn 110
Ross and Cromarty 167
Skye and Lochalsh 201
Sutherland 173
East Lothian 139
Edinburgh City 177
Midlothian 129
West Lothian 139
Argyll and Bute 221
Bearsden and Milngavie 106
Clydebank 168
Clydesdale 140
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 124
Cumnock and Doon Valley 143
Cunninghame 151
Dumbarton 132
East Kilbride 110
Eastwood 82
Glasgow City 232
Hamilton 140
Inverclyde 169
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 129
Kyle and Carrick 131
Monklands 169
Motherwell 152
Renfrew 146
Strathkelvin 124
Angus 118
Dundee City 175
Perth and Kinross 132

Note:

  1. 1. AEF support includes Revenue Support Grant and Specific Grants (except Urban Programme specific grant, figures for which are not readily available). Non-domestic rate income is not distributed to district councils.
  2. 2. AEF per head of population calculated using the Register General for Scotland's 1992 mid-year estimates of total population.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the income for 1994–95 of each regional council in Scotland comes directly from(a) central Government sources, (b) council tax and (c) other sources.

Mr. Stewart

Information about local authority income from "other sources" is not held centrally. The figures for aggregate external finance—AEF—and income from the council tax are given in the table.

AEF per cent. Council tax per cent.
Berwickshire 83.5 16.5
Ettrick and Lauderdale 75.9 24.1
Roxburgh 78.8 21.2
Tweeddale 77.6 22.4
Clackmannan 73.7 26.3
Falkirk 82.7 17.3
Stirling 77.2 22.8
Annandale and Eskdale 70.5 29.5
Nithsdale 72.9 27.1
Stewartry 78.5 21.5
Wigtown 76.7 23.3
Dunfermline 76.7 23.3
Kirkcaldy 71.9 28.1
North East Fife 69.2 30.8
Aberdeen City 68.8 31.2
Banff and Buchan 80.8 19.2
Gordon 77.4 22.6
Kincardine and Deeside 82.1 17.9

AEF per cent. Council tax per cent.
Moray 80.5 19.5
Badenoch and Strathspey 75.3 24.7
Caithness 84.8 15.2
Inverness 74.8 25.2
Lochaber 75.8 24.2
Nairn 73.2 26.8
Ross and Cromarty 77.5 22.5
Skye and Lochalsh 83.7 16.3
Sutherland 82.2 17.8
East Lothian 74.4 25.6
Edinburgh City 65.0 35.0
Midlothian 72.9 27.1
West Lothian 83.8 16.2
Argyll and Bute 76.6 23.4
Bearsden and Milngavie 65.0 35.0
Clydebank 76.8 23.2
Clydesdale 71.1 28.9
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 71.4 28.6
Cumnock and Doon Valley 76.1 23.9
Cunninghame 75.5 24.5
Dumbarton 66.6 33.4
East Kilbride 66.7 33.3
Eastwood 64.9 35.1
Glasgow City 77.8 22.2
Hamilton 69.8 30.2
Inverclyde 78.4 21.6
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 73.6 26.4
Kyle and Carrick 63.3 36.7
Monklands 74.7 25.3
Motherwell 77.0 23.0
Renfrew 71.6 28.4
Strathkelvin 62.4 37.6
Angus 79.3 20.7
Dundee City 72.3 27.7
Perth and Kinross 76.3 23.7

Notes:

  1. 1. AEF support includes revenue support grant and specific grants (except urban programme specific grant, figures for which are not readily available). Non-domestic rate income is not distributed to district councils.
  2. 2. AEF per head of population calculated using the register general for Scotland's 1992 mid-year estimates of total population.