HC Deb 02 March 1995 vol 255 cc666-8W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the budgeted expenditure per head of population of each of the Scottish(a) regional and (b) district councils in 1994–95 and 1995–96; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kynoch

The information requested for 1994–95 is given in the table. The comparable information for 1995–96 is not yet available.

Total 1994–95 budgeted expenditure per head of population
£
Regional Councils
Borders 1,064
Central 964
Dumfries and Galloway 1,052
Fife 972
Grampian 918
Highland 1,170
Lothian 960
Strathclyde 1,026
Tayside 1,008
District Councils
Berwickshire 152
Ettrick and Lauderdale 153
Roxburgh 164
Tweeddale 159
Clackmannan 203
Falkirk 168
Stirling 227
Annandale and Eskdale 148
Nithsdale 160
Stewartry 136
Wigtown 197
Dunfermline 163
Kirkcaldy 173
North East Fife 185
Aberdeen 213
Banff and Buchan 157
Gordon 153
Kincardine and Deeside 127
Moray 163
Badenoch and Strathspey 179
Caithness 167
Inverness 151
Lochaber 210
Nairn 152
Ross and Cromarty 219
Skye and Lochalsh 239
Sutherland 213
East Lothian 198
Edinburgh 276
Midlothian 177
West Lothian 166
Argyll and Bute 295
Bearsden and Milngavie 166
Clydebank 268
Clydesdale 201
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 172

Name Occupation Date of appointment Period of current appointment Salary £
Sir James Mellon KCMG (Chairman) Former Diplomat 1.4.89 1.4.93–31.3.96 38,330
Mrs. Frances McCall MBE Member, Management Committee, Calvay Co-operative 1.12.88 1.4.91–31.3.951 6,660
Professor Duncan Maclennan MA MPhil FRSA Director of the Centre for Housing Research at Glasgow University 1.12.88 1.4.93–31.3.97 6,600
Dr. Tom Begg OBE JP BA PhD Lecturer in Economics at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh 1.12.88 1.4.91–31.3.95 6,600

Total 1994–95 budgeted expenditure per head of population
£
Cumnock and Doon Valley 188
Cunninghame 203
Dumbarton 210
East Kilbride 177
Eastwood 136
Glasgow 318
Hamilton 235
Inverclyde 221
Kilmarnock and Loudon 202
Kyle and Carrick 206
Monklands 238
Motherwell 213
Renfrew 221
Strathkelvin 203
Angus 157
Dundee 251
Perth and Kinross 177

Notes:

1. The total 1994–95 budgeted expenditure is taken from figures returned by local authorities in March/April 1994.

2. The population figures used were the latest available from the General Register Office of Scotland dated 29 April 1994.