§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what allocations the new unitary councils received from the Scottish Office in their notional budgets in 1995–96 for meeting the costs of operating valuation appeals committees. [22908]
§ Mr. KynochThe notional amounts for each of the new mainland councils which were prescribed in the notional amounts report 1996 approved by the House on 28 February, were based on the actual 1995–96 budgets of the outgoing councils.
It is not possible to identify the costs of operating valuation appeals committees within these notional amounts but the table gives details of each of the new councils notional 1995–96 budgets for both lands valuation and council tax valuation as returned to the Scottish Office by the outgoing councils.
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Notional 1995–96 budgets Lands valuation £000 Council tax valuation £000 Total notional budget £000 Unitary Authority Aberdeen City 455 482 202,484 Aberdeenshire 542 574 201,628 Angus 178 179 105,178 Argyll and Bute 323 123 104,552 Scottish Borders 516 232 107,026 Clackmannanshire 242 76 48,972 West Dunbartonshire 405 106 116,276 Dumfries and Galloway 431 493 152,773 Dundee City 361 360 176,033 East Ayrshire 284 104 122,900 East Dunbartonshire 284 104 97,602 East Lothian 708 10 80,196 East Renfrewshire 116 70 74,043 Edinburgh City 4,251 10 418,673 Falkirk 700 228 133,326 Fife 1,223 927 349,893 Glasgow City 1,676 618 800,138 Highland 921 691 234,571 Inverclyde 200 78 96,974 Midlothian 488 10 81,875 Moray 235 247 85,001 North Ayrshire 354 118 135,130 North Lanarkshire 649 235 327,768 Perth and Kinross 267 266 126,006 Renfrewshire 521 152 179,046 South Ayrshire 344 95 108,964 South Lanarkshire 643 231 294,836 Stirling 405 127 85,495 West Lothian 1,100 10 154,004 Total 18,822 6,916 5,201,363 1Lothian regional council was unable to disaggregate the regional assessor's budget. As a result the figure shown against lands valuation also includes registration of electors and council tax valuation.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what operational expenses will be incurred by each joint valuation board in Scotland in meeting the costs of valuation appeals committees operating within their areas in 1996–97. [22907]
§ Mr. KynochResponsibility for determining the costs associated with valuation appeal panels and committees drawn from them, as well as the funding of them, rests with the appropriate council or joint board as the appropriate valuation authority.