§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the size of each local authority area in square miles or kilometres. [9394]
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Proposals/appeals in relation to the list in force on 1 April 1993. Disposal of proposals/appeals Valuation appeal committee activities Region area Number of proposals/appeals1 Settled before citation2 Cited to be heard by VAC Settled before VAC hearing Heard and resolved by VAC Cited and not yet determined Scotland 98,441 77,721 20,589 15,382 5,140 67 Central 3,295 3,040 222 103 107 12 Dumfries and Galloway 3,054 2,312 742 559 183 0 Fife 6,722 6,076 646 520 126 0 Grampian 11,211 8,942 2,269 1,425 836 8 Highland and Western Isles 6,908 4,889 2,019 1,259 755 5 Lothian 12,619 8,841 3,757 3,248 499 10 Orkney and Shetland 384 309 75 46 29 0
§ Mr. KynochThe land area of each Scottish local authority was given in "The New Councils" published by the Government Statistical Service in May 1995 as follows:
Km2 Aberdeen city 186 Aberdeenshire 6,318 Angus 2,181 Argyll and Bute 6,930 Clackmannanshire 157 Dumfries and Galloway 6,439 Dundee city 65 East Ayrshire 1,252 East Dumbartonshire 172 East Lothian 678 East Renfrewshire 173 Edinburgh, city of 262 Falkirk 299 Fife 1,323 Glasgow city 175 Highland 25,784 Inverclyde 162 Midlothian 356 Moray 2,238 North Ayrshire 884 North Lanarkshire 474 Orkney Islands 992 Perth and Kinross 5,311 Renfrewshire 261 Scottish Borders 4,734 Shetland Islands 1,438 South Ayrshire 1,202 South Lanarkshire 1,771 Stirling 2,196 West Dunbartonshire 162 Western Isles 3,133 West Lothian 425
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) proposals and (b) appeals were submitted in each local authority area as a consequence of the introduction of council tax on 1 April 1993. [9398]
§ Mr. KynochThe available information relates to all classes of proposal to change the valuation list made to assessors and subsequent appeals. Information on proposals/appeals in relation to the valuation list in force at 1 April 1993 is available only for regions. Information on proposals/appeals in relation to the list after 1 April 1993 is available only for valuation board areas. The latest available information, giving the position up to September 1996, is given in the tables.
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Proposals/appeals in relation to the list in force on 1 April 1993. Disposal of proposals/appeals Valuation appeal committee activities Region area Number of proposals/appeals1 Settled before citation2 Cited to be heard by VAC Settled before VAC hearing Heard and resolved by VAC Cited and not yet determined Scottish Borders 3,003 2,468 535 516 19 0 Strathclyde 39,906 30,539 9,367 6,937 2,410 20 Tayside 11,339 10,305 957 769 176 12 Source: Quarterly CTAPP(ASS)(96) return for September 1996 from Assessors. Notes: 1 Number of proposals/appeals lodged with Assessors Departments. 2 Number of proposals/appeals settled between the appellant and Assessor which are therefore not cited to be heard by the VAC.
Proposals/appeals in relation to the list after 1 April 1993. Disposal of proposals/appeals Valuation appeal committee activities Valuation board area Number of proposals/appeals1 Settled before citation2 Cited to be heard by VAC Settled before VAC hearing Heard and resolved by VAC Cited and not yet determined Scotland 12,539 7,489 3,628 2,281 971 376 Ayrshire 1,258 948 157 81 75 1 Central 89 85 1 0 0 1 Dumfries and Galloway 320 192 111 63 42 6 Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute 1,115 680 320 168 137 15 Fife 379 180 60 50 10 0 Glasgow 2,752 1,572 1,047 529 257 261 Grampian 1,028 753 202 127 55 20 Highland and Western Isles 825 522 212 124 77 11 Lanark 1,463 764 447 249 148 50 Lothian 1,335 640 634 531 95 8 Orkney and Shetland 37 34 3 0 3 0 Renfrew 779 278 350 294 56 0 Scottish Borders 203 156 37 34 3 0 Tayside 956 685 47 31 13 3 Source: Quarterly CTAPP(ASS)(96) return for September 1996 from Assessors. Notes: 1 Number of proposals/appeals lodged with Assessors Departments. 2 Number of proposals/appeals settled between the appellant and Assessor which are therefore not cited to be heard by the VAC.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of non-domestic properties in each local authority area and their rateable value at 31 March. [9395]
§ Mr. KynochThe table shows the number and rateable value of non-domestic properties in each local authority area at 1 April 1996.
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Number of non-domestic subjects Local Authority Total properties Total rateable value (£) Scotland 212,288 3,775,326,225 Aberdeen City 8,924 260,810,628 Aberdeenshire 11,409 116,920,027 Angus 4,916 51,597,353 Argyll and Bute 7,025 66,017,596 Clackmannanshire 1,377 28,011,501 Dumfries and Galloway 9,269 76,797,679 Dundee City 6,137 122,563,445 East Ayrshire 4,026 54,957,128 East Dunbartonshire 2,133 41,541,463 East Lothian 2,960 62,315,999 East Renfrewshire 1,725 26,948,160 City of Edinburgh 18,085 511,466,503 Falkirk 4,963 116,252,593 Fife 12,786 254,135,448 City of Glasgow 27,053 636,652,756 Highland 15,602 136,590,366 Inverclyde 2,508 49,017,947 Midlothian 2,099 34,269,370 Moray 5,445 48,373,574 North Ayrshire 4,857 91,244,369 North Lanarkshire 8,798 177,737,011
Number of non-domestic subjects Local Authority Total properties Total rateable value (£) Orkney Islands 1,643 15,665,054 Perth and Kinross 7,470 92,763,007 Shetland Islands 1,801 39,767,502 Renfrewshire 5,311 134,353,469 South Ayrshire 4,440 72,149,159 South Lanarkshire 9,382 173,053,815 Stirling 4,373 66,082,555 Scottish Borders 6,839 49,955,742 West Dunbartonshire 2,590 57,584,941 West Lothian 4,232 97,506,205 Western Isles 2,110 12,223,860 Source:
Annual RVASS return from assessors.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals were lodged in each local authority area following the 1995 general revaluation. [9396]
§ Mr. KynochThe information requested is given in the table.
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Number of appeals following the 1995 revaluation for non-domestic rates Valuation board Council Number of appeals1 Number of properties2 Ayrshire East Ayrshire 2,213 2,037 North Ayrshire 2,380 2,289 South Ayrshire 2,629 2,425 Central Scotland Clackmannanshire 637 625 Falkirk 2,735 2,586
Number of appeals following the 1995 revaluation for non-domestic rates Valuation board Council Number of appeals1 Number of properties2 Stirling 2,162 2,021 Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway 3,025 2,923 Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute 3,057 2,885 East Dunbartonshire 1,187 1,107 West Dunbartonshire 1,415 1,329 Fife Fife 6,244 5,859 Glasgow Glasgow city 18,677 16,084 Grampian Aberdeen city 5,498 4,924 Aberdeenshire 3,302 3,135 Moray 1,486 1,436 Highland and Western Isles Highland 5,882 5,500 Western Isles 318 311 Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire 5,045 4,501 South Lanarkshire 5,290 4,629 Lothian East Lothian 1,005 967 Edinburgh 9,150 8,517 Midlothian 777 743 West Lothian 2,392 2,139 Orkney and Shetland Orkney 174 167 Shetland 294 286 Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire 1,071 985 Inverclyde 1,713 1,479 Renfrewshire 3,721 3,285 Scottish Borders Scottish Borders 1,944 1,892
Number of dwellings by council tax band at 7 October 1996 Authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Total Scotland 606,313 572,369 342,732 251,768 248,421 119,502 80,757 9,658 2,231,520 Aberdeen City 21,788 27,260 16,657 9,375 11,612 6,888 6,183 652 100,415 Aberdeenshire 20,871 15,272 12,464 13,690 15,182 8,626 5,183 375 91,663 Angus 15,449 12,025 6,211 6,733 5,394 1,643 819 136 48,410 Argyll and Bute 7,881 9,261 9,093 5,142 6,291 3,196 2,120 207 43,191 Clackmannanshire 6,502 6,734 1,668 1,954 2,301 801 525 35 20,520 Dumfries and Galloway 11,476 22,249 9,971 8,443 8,359 3,365 1,603 144 65,610 Dundee City 35,504 16,364 6,188 6,699 4,734 1,398 674 32 71,593 East Ayrshire 27,361 9,557 3,551 4,725 4,038 1,489 349 30 51,100 East Dunbartonshire 1,318 3,879 7,880 6,870 10,468 5,785 5,190 422 41,812 East Lothian 1,184 8,871 13,198 4,435 4,336 2,824 2,352 403 37,603 East Renfrewshire 1,511 5,073 3,549 5,713 7,435 5,452 4,907 542 34,182 Edinburgh city 26,868 44,262 38,122 27,679 30,439 18,867 16,605 2,946 205,788 Falkirk 22,739 18,523 5,012 6,129 5,790 2,109 876 37 61,215 Fife 42,966 47,364 18,660 15,276 16,281 6,936 3,772 340 151,595 Glasgow city 94,457 73,839 55,677 31,179 19,189 6,879 4,240 562 286,022 Highland 19,749 21,680 18,367 14,023 12,954 5,074 2,423 273 94,543 Inverclyde 24,243 4,332 2,405 2,382 2,645 1,387 997 156 38,547 Midlothian 1,137 11,641 9,482 3,530 3,455 1,437 979 140 31,801 Moray 12,005 9,863 5,288 4,741 3,648 1,113 418 103 37,179 North Ayrshire 21,722 17,913 5,672 5,307 6,498 2,068 790 42 60,012 North Lanarkshire 56,680 35,745 14,573 9,856 9,126 3,204 1,033 32 130,249 Orkney 2,928 2,506 1,720 1,229 692 136 13 2 9,226 Perth and Kinross 9,290 14,212 9,879 7,983 9,241 4,758 3,241 488 59,092 Renfrewshire 17,590 25,452 11,300 8,104 8,268 4,158 2,425 194 77,491 Scottish Borders 16,164 12,434 5,765 4,613 4,669 2,889 2,211 318 49,063 Shetland 3,368 1,726 2,306 1,275 781 135 28 2 9,621 South Ayrshire 7,393 12,255 7,709 6,976 8,044 3,917 2,312 210 48,816 South Lanarkshire 37,779 29,306 21,362 14,886 12,087 5,533 3,211 241 124,405 Stirling 6,826 8,101 3,469 3,072 5,035 3,911 3,600 479 34,493 West Dunbartonshire 8,919 17,689 6,848 3,706 3,826 1,011 361 25 42,385 West Lothian 17,565 23,387 6,178 4,834 4,978 2,404 1,289 83 60,718 Western Isles 5,080 3,594 2,508 1,209 625 109 28 7 13,160 All dwellings, including exempt dwellings but excluding free-standing lock-ups.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the amount of grant-aided expenditure to each local authority for 1996–97 to support the provision of council tax valuation for rating and electoral registration services. [9400]
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Number of appeals following the 1995 revaluation for non-domestic rates Valuation board Council Number of appeals1 Number of properties2 Tayside Angus 1,714 1,665 Dundee city 3,791 3,394 Perth and Kinross 2,477 2,349 All Scotland 103,405 94,474 1 Appeals and complaints lodged with assessors departments in relation to the 1995 revaluation. 2 The number of properties against which there are appeals. This is less than the number of appeals because there are, in some cases more than one appeal in relation to a property. For example, both the owner and the tenant of a property may appeal.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of households in each local authority area, by council tax bands, at 31 March. [9397]
§ Mr. KynochInformation is not available on the number of households by council tax band. The table shows the latest available information—for October 1996—on the number of dwellings on the valuation list in each local authority area by council tax band.
§ Mr. KynochThe valuation for council tax and electoral registration grant-aided expenditure assessments are each distributed in proportion to the number of dwellings valued for council tax. The relevant figures for each local authority for 1996–97 are shown in the table.
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£000 Valuation for council tax GAE Electrol registration GAE Aberdeen City 394 148 Aberdeenshire 359 135 Angus 190 71 Argyll and Bute 171 64 Scottish Borders 193 73 Clackmannanshire 81 30 West Dunbartonshire 167 63 Dumfries and Galloway 258 97 Dundee City 284 107 East Ayrshire 203 76 East Dunbartonshire 166 62 East Lothian 148 56 East Renfrewshire 135 51 Edinburgh 811 305 Falkirk 241 91 Fife 594 224 Glasgow 1,139 429 Highland 371 140 Inverclyde 155 58 Midlothian 125 47 Moray 146 55 North Ayrshire 236 89 North Lanarkshire 512 193 Orkney 36 13 Perthshire and Kinross 232 87 Renfrewshire 303 114 Shetland Islands 38 14 South Ayrshire 192 72 South Lanarkshire 490 184 Stirling 135 51 West Lothian 236 89 Western Isles 52 20