HC Deb 17 February 1994 vol 237 cc951-5W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each Scottish local authority (a) the current average weekly rent and (b) the rent change in monetary and percentage terms for each of the last 10 years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is set out in the tables.

Average Standard Local Authority Rent 1993–94
£ per dwelling
per week
Berwickshire 23.60
Ettrick and Lauderdale 21.09
Roxburgh 27.62
Tweeddale 22.44
Clackmannan 25.23
Falkirk 22.90
Stirling 29.14
Annandale and Eskdale 28.10
Nithsdale 25.66
Stewartry 28.40
Wigtown 29.34

Annual average rent increase
£ per dwelling per week
Authorities 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Berwickshire 1.20 1.02 0.63 0.95 1.52 1.10 1.09 2.01 1.44 1.11
Ettrick and Lauderdale 2³22 (0.08) 0.00 0.74 0.70 0.96 0.93 2.35 1.39 0.86
Roxburgh 1.02 1.28 1.67 0.48 1.22 1.71 0.93 3.23 2.22 1.44
Tweeddale (0.05) 0.06 1.35 0.44 1.13 (0.20) 1.43 2.33 1.73 2.88
Clackmannan 0.96 0.46 1.20 1.47 1.91 2.64 2.28 1.77 1.86 0.44
Falkirk 0.51 0.93 0.93 1.35 1.36 1.79 1.93 0.84 1.47 1.62
Stirling 0.01 2.26 2.08 1.44 1.03 2.37 2.21 2.52 2.11 3.84
Annandale and Eskdale 1.22 0.95 1.37 1.26 1.61 1.25 2.61 2.21 1.82 2.10
Nithsdale 0.90 0.98 1.66 0.72 1.59 1.52 1.79 2.39 2.06 2.46
Stewartry 1.31 0.13 1.36 1.00 1.61 1.45 1.24 3.77 2.36 1.51
Wigtown 2.19 1.62 0.90 0.01 0.87 0.85 0.48 4.57 3.60 2.26
Dunfermline 0.49 0.00 1.30 1.25 1.94 1.29 1.56 2.04 1.36 2.02
Kirkcaldy 1.15 0.99 1.25 1.47 1.69 1.65 1.95 1.76 2.10 1.74
North East Fife (0.05) 1.14 2.05 1.20 1.09 2.63 0.29 2.26 0.18 0.98
Aberdeen 0.98 2.32 1.34 2.14 1.27 1.95 1.57 1.32 (0.20) 0.95
Banff and Buchan 1.17 1.37 1.18 0.63 1.66 1.70 1.04 1.16 0.92 1.08
Gordon 0.50 1.73 1.27 0.20 0.95 .65 1.33 4.26 1.40 2.34
Kincardine and Deeside 1.28 1.21 0.84 0.49 0.70 0.03 2.05 1.84 2.66 4.01
Moray 1.29 1.94 0.45 1.63 1.59 2.16 1.35 0.01 1.50 2.12
Badenoch and Strathspey 1.04 0.94 1.85 (0.02) 1.59 (0.13) (0.85) 2.94 3.26 4.67
Caithness 2.08 0.90 1.04 1.15 1.71 1.52 1.75 2.38 2.40 2.53
Inverness 0.74 1.91 0.83 1.94 1.95 2.35 1.33 2.77 2.70 2.03
Lochaber 0.92 0.70 1.31 1.74 1.11 1.95 2.08 2.52 2.82 3.33

£ per dwelling per week
Dunfermline 24.91
Kirkcaldy 26.22
North East Fife 24.50
Aberdeen 21.55
Banff and Buchan 23.17
Gordon 27.05
Kincardine and Deeside 25.63
Moray 24.40
Badenoch and Strathspey 26.80
Caithness 27.13
Inverness 29.09
Lochaber 29.83
Nairn 27.22
Ross and Cromarty 30.99
Skye and Lochalsh 31.77
Sutherland 30.09
East Lothian 22.99
Edinburgh 32.13
Midlothian 18.13
West Lothian 21.27
Argyll and Bute 29.36
Bearsden and Milngavie 28.60
Clydebank 28.06
Clydesdale 23.58
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 25.63
Cumnock and Doon Valley 24.35
Cunninghame 24.31
Dumbarton 29.90
East Kilbride 25.18
Eastwood 21.73
Glasgow 30.78
Hamilton 25.39
Inverclyde 25.94
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 20.83
Kyle and Carrick 26.28
Monklands 25.66
Motherwell 23.43
Renfrew 24.41
Strathkelvin 25.11
Angus 18.88
Dundee 32.06
Perth and Kinross 22.94
Orkney Islands 27.60
Shetland Islands 29.76
Western Isles 33.38

Authorities 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Nairn 0.92 1.38 1.15 1.11 1.63 1.86 0.06 4.61 2.96 0.31
Ross and Cromarty 1.24 0.74 1.99 1.13 1.65 2.09 1.70 3.79 3.54 2.36
Skye and Lochalsh 1.94 1.89 1.97 0.24 0.93 1.14 2.21 3.60 4.71 2.04
Sutherland 1.06 0.97 1.37 0.26 1.37 1.46 2.43 3.25 4.53 2.62
East Lothian 0.86 1.29 0.97 1.35 1.57 1.60 2.11 2.13 0.52 0.36
Edinburgh 1.25 (0.18) 0.03 1.84 1.93 4.12 3.52 4.31 1.43 1.60
Midlothian 0.87 1.07 0.92 0.96 1.01 1.09 0.00 0.11 0.21 2.00
West Lothian 0.50 0.80 0.85 0.90 1.40 1.80 1.02 1.07 0.92 1.55
Argyll and Bute (0.15) 2.03 (0.01 0.49 1.56 1.74 2.35 1.92 2.88 3.09
Bearsden and Milngavie 0.58 0.72 2.06 2.35 1.40 1.74 2.12 2.61 3.23 0.94
Clydebank 1.00 2.15 2.85 2.02 1.94 3.75 2.81 1.56 (0.51) 1.46
Clydesdale 1.01 1.45 0.87 0.83 1.75 1.74 1.36 2.18 1.30 1.41
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 0.49 2.13 2.01 1.67 1.50 1.85 1.35 1.94 0.91 1.66
Cumnock and Doon Valley 0.50 0.72 1.04 1.46 1.06 1.66 1.36 2.60 2.26 1.79
Cunninghame 1.00 1.00 1.65 2.51 1.78 1.63 1.93 1.92 1.85 2.18
Dumbarton 0.81 0.01 2.29 2.93 3.46 3.08 2.85 1.77 2.21 1.93
East Kilbride 1.01 1.05 2.06 0.98 0.93 2.09 2.06 1.01 1.74 0.82
Eastwood 0.50 0.48 0.44 0.50 1.46 1.19 1.49 1.51 2.96 0.67
Glasgow 0.01 1.02 1.96 2.02 2.55 3.98 2.86 2.78 1.85 2.13
Hamilton 0.70 0.92 1.85 2.06 0.79 2.25 1.47 1.68 2.20 2.15
Inverclyde 0.77 2.21 1.11 0.92 1.05 2.48 2.32 2.27 2.49 2.01
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 0.51 1.01 1.83 1.43 0.63 1.74 1.29 1.88 0.07 1.38
Kyle and Carrick 0.81 1.76 1.19 1.01 1.27 0.91 2.17 1.49 1.00 5.06
Monklands 0.00 2.02 2.35 1.82 1.45 1.83 1.47 2.56 0.86 2.00
Motherwell 1.00 1.35 1.20 1.64 0.93 2.26 1.31 1.11 1.33 2.40
Renfrew 0.48 1.00 1.69 1.49 0.92 2.81 1.97 1.98 1.77 1.96
Strathkelvin 0.88 1.05 2.57 1.12 1.93 0.88 1.33 1.87 1.55 2.23
Angus 0.97 0.96 1.11 0.80 (0.10) 1.28 1.04 1.07 (0.11) 1.11
Dundee 0.73 1.02 1.81 1.98 3.50 4.08 4.06 2.96 2.23 1.62
Perth and Kinross 0.00 1.16 1.00 0.95 0.75 1.21 2.33 1.61 2.34 0.82
Orkney Islands 0.88 2.16 1.33 1.50 1.07 3.34 2.21 3.00 2.38 (0.40)
Shetland Islands (0.05) 2.91 1.53 0.96 2.28 0.87 1.61 4.34 3.87 0.87
Western Isles 1.84 0.59 1.02 1.03 1.44 0.75 2.75 6.57 1.85 2.49

Note: Rent reductions shown in brackets.

Annual average rent increase (expressed as a percentage increase on previous year)
Authorities 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Berwickshire 10.4 8.0 4.6 6.6 9.9 6.5 6.1 10.5 6.9 4.9
Ettrick and Lauderdale 20.2 (0.6) 0.0 5.6 5.1 6.6 6.0 14.3 7.4 4.3
Roxburgh 8.2 9.5 11.3 2.9 7.2 9.4 4.7 15.6 9.3 5.5
Tweeddale (0.4) 0.6 11.9 3.5 8.6 (1.4) 10.2 15.0 9.7 14.7
Clackmannan 9.4 4.1 10.3 11.5 13.3 16.3 12.1 8.4 8.1 1.8
Falkirk 5.0 8.7 8.0 10.8 9.8 11.7 11.3 4.4 7.4 7.6
Stirling 0.1 24.3 18.0 10.6 6.8 14.7 12.0 12.2 9.1 15.2
Annandale and Eskdale 10.5 7.3 9.9 8.3 9.7 6.9 13.5 10.1 7.5 8.1
Nithsdale 9.4 9.3 14.4 5.5 11.5 9.8 10.5 12.8 9.8 10.6
Stewartry 10.3 0.9 9.6 6.5 9.8 8.0 6.4 18.2 9.6 5.6
Wigtown 18.2 11.4 5.7 0.1 5.2 4.8 2.6 24.2 15.3 8.4
Dunfermline 4.2 0.0 10.7 9.3 13.2 7.8 8.7 10.5 6.3 8.8
Kirkcaldy 11.0 8.6 9.9 10.6 11.1 9.7 10.4 8.5 9.4 7.1
North East Fife (0.4) 8.9 14.8 7.6 6.4 14.5 1.4 10.7 0.8 4.2
Aberdeen 12.3 26.0 12.0 17.0 8.7 12.2 8.8 6.8 (1.0) 4.6
Banff and Buchan 10.4 11.0 8.6 4.2 10.7 9.8 5.5 5.8 4.4 4.9
Gordon 4.4 14.5 9.4 1.4 6.3 10.3 7.5 22.4 6.0 9.5
Kincardine and Deeside 12.1 10.3 6.4 3.5 4.9 0.2 13.6 10.8 14.0 18.5
Moray 12.4 16.7 3.3 11.6 10.1 12.5 7.0 0.1 7.2 9.5
Badenoch and Strathspey 9.0 7.5 13.7 (0.2) 10.4 (0.8) (5.0) 18.4 17.3 21.1
Caithness 21.5 7.6 8.2 8.4 11.5 9.2 9.7 12.0 10.8 10.3
Inverness 7.0 17.0 6.3 13.9 12.2 13.1 6.6 12.8 11.1 7.5
Lochaber 8.1 5.7 10.1 12.2 6.9 11.4 10.9 11.9 11.9 12.6
Nairn 8.2 11.4 8.5 7.5 10.3 10.7 0.3 23.9 12.4 1.2
Ross and Cromarty 11.6 6.2 15.7 7.7 10.4 11.9 8.7 17.8 14.1 8.3
Skye and Lochalsh 17.5 14.6 13.2 1.4 5.4 6.3 11.5 16.8 18.9 6.9
Sutherland 9.9 8.2 10.7 1.8 9.5 9.2 14.1 16.5 19.8 9.5
East Lothian 8.4 11.6 7.8 10.1 10.7 9.8 11.8 10.6 2.4 1.6
Edinburgh 10.2 (1.3) 0.3 13.7 12.7 24.0 16.6 17.4 4.9 5.2
Midlothian 8.8 9.9 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.4 0.0 0.7 1.3 12.4
West Lothian 4.8 7.2 7.2 7.1 10.3 12.0 6.1 6.0 4.9 7.8
Argyll and Bute (1.1) 15.3 0.0 3.2 9.9 10.0 12.3 9.0 12.3 11.8
Bearsden and Milngavie 5.3 6.3 16.9 16.5 8.4 9.7 10.7 11.9 13.2 3.4
Clydebank 11.1 21.5 23.4 13.4 11.4 19.7 12.3 6.1 (1.9) 5.5
Clydesdale 10.5 13.5 7.1 6.3 12.7 11.2 7.9 11.7 6.2 6.3
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4.9 20.0 15.8 11.3 9.2 10.3 6.8 9.2 3.9 6.9
Cumnock and Doon Valley 5.1 6.9 9.4 12.0 7.8 11.3 8.3 14.7 11.1 7.9

Authorities 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Cunninghame 0.1 0.0 18.6 23.9 13.7 11.0 11.8 10.5 9.1 9.9
Dumbarton 9.5 0.1 24.4 25.1 23.7 17.0 13.5 7.4 8.6 6.9
East Kilbride 8.8 8.5 15.3 6.3 5.6 12.0 10.5 4.7 7.7 3.4
Eastwood 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.2 11.7 8.5 9.9 9.1 16.4 3.2
Glasgow 0.1 10.6 18.4 16.0 17.4 23.1 13.5 11.6 6.9 7.4
Hamilton 7.5 9.2 16.8 16.1 5.3 14.4 8.2 8.7 10.4 9.2
Inverclyde 9.3 24.4 9.8 7.4 7.8 17.2 13.8 11.8 11.6 8.4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 5.6 10.5 17.2 11.5 4.6 12.0 7.9 10.8 0.3 7.1
Kyle and Carrick 8.5 16.9 9.8 7.6 8.8 5.8 13.1 7.9 4.9 23.9
Monklands 0.0 21.7 20.8 13.3 9.3 10.8 7.8 12.6 3.8 8.4
Motherwell 11.3 13.6 10.6 13.2 6.6 15.0 7.6 6.0 6.7 11.4
Renfrew 5.8 11.3 17.2 13.0 7.1 20.2 11.8 10.6 8.6 8.7
Strathkelvin 9.1 9.9 22.1 7.9 12.6 5.1 7.3 9.6 7.3 9.8
Angus 9.0 8.2 8.8 5.8 (0.7) 8.8 6.6 6.4 (0.6) 6.3
Dundee 9.1 11.6 18.4 17.0 25.8 23.8 19.1 11.7 7.9 5.3
Perth and Kinross 0.0 10.7 8.4 7.3 5.4 8.3 14.7 8.8 11.8 3.7
Orkney Islands 8.7 19.7 10.1 10.4 6.7 19.6 10.8 13.3 9.3 (1.4)
Shetland Islands (0.5) 27.7 11.4 6.4 14.3 4.8 8.4 21.0 15.5 3.0
Western Isles 14.1 4.0 6.6 6.2 8.2 4.0 13.9 29.3 6.4 8.1

Note: Rent reductions shown in brackets