§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the revenue raised from business rates in 1996–97 for(a) Scotland and (b) Scottish local authorities. [13667]
§ Mr. Kynoch[holding answer 31 January 1997]: The most recently available estimates of the revenue to be raised from business rates in 1996–97 are the mid-year estimates that councils submitted in November 1996. The total estimated non-domestic rate income for Scotland in 1996–97 is £1.34 billion. The relevant figure for each local authority is set out in the table.
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1996–97 Estimated NDRI £ City of Aberdeen 86,557,317 Aberdeenshire 46,027,947 Angus 17,849,992 Argyll and Bute 24,994,405 Clackmannanshire 10,315,691 Dumfries and Galloway 28,717,819 City of Dundee 39,671,237 East Ayrshire 18,482,249 East Dunbartonshire 14,466,300 East Lothian 24,013,929 East Renfrewshire 9,620,396 City of Edinburgh 171,584,824 Falkirk 44,231,365 Fife 110,198,191 City of Glasgow 200,692,337 Highland 50,294,365 Inverclyde 14,219,363 Midlothian 12,173,141 Moray 18,119,856 North Ayrshire 34,125,511 North Lanarkshire 76,483,901 Orkney 6,153,472 Perth and Kinross 30,800,908 Renfrewshire 41,251,093 Scottish Borders 16,425,654 Shetland 16,505,489 South Ayrshire 25,992,108 South Lanarkshire 65,389,460 Stirling 23,464,362 West Dunbartonshire 21,656,620 West Lothian 35,078,584 Western Isles 4,396,491 Scotland 1,339,954,377
§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the proportion of business rates in Scotland raised from(a) local government, (b) central Government, (c) public corporations, (d) private sector and (e) other. [13668]
§ Mr. Kynoch[holding answer 31 January 1997]: Information is not available in the form requested. The table shows the latest available information on the rateable values of non-domestic subjects analysed by type of subject. This analysis does not separately identify central Government, local government, public corporations and private sector subjects. Shares of rateable value do not give precise estimate of shares paid, as reliefs and exemptions may differ from different categories of subject.
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Table 1: Total rateable value by type of subject, Scotland, April 1996 Type of Subject Rateable value £ million Percentage of total rateable value Commercial Shops (including restaurants) 753.0 19.9 Offices 627.0 16.6 Hotels, boarding houses etc. 97.1 2.6 Other Commercial subjects 560.5 14.8 Industrial and freight transport Mineral extraction 21.7 0.6 Oil and petrochemicals 80.6 2.1 Other industrial and freight transport 531.9 14.1
Table 1: Total rateable value by type of subject, Scotland, April 1996 Type of Subject Rateable value £ million Percentage of total rateable value Formula valued subjects Water 33.2 0.9 Gas 53.3 1.4 Electricity 167.7 4.4 Rail 15.6 0.4 Miscellaneous1 833.5 22.1 Total all subjects 3,775.3 100.0 Notes: 1 Includes public buildings such as schools, hospitals, libraries also docks and harbours and independent generators of electricity. Source:
Annual RVASS return from assessors.
§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the proportion of business rates raised by each industrial sector, broken down by the standard industrial classification 1992 categories. [13669]
§ Mr. Kynoch[holding answer 31 January 1997]: Information on rates paid by the manufacturing sector is available from the Scottish production database, and is shown in table 1 for 1994, the latest year for which information is available. The best available information for other economic sectors comes from work carried out in the compilation of 1993 Scottish input-output tables. The calculations are based on the level of rates paid by industries across the UK as a whole. Table 2 provides a percentage split between seven broad economic sectors in 1993.
Table 1 - Rates paid by Scottish Manufacturing sector, 1994 Manufacturing Division (SIC92) Rates (£ million) 15–161 26.7 17 5.0 18 3.0 19 0.7 20 2.8 21 9.1 22 5.3 23–261 11.7 24 10.0 25 5.4 27 4.2 28 6.6 29 8.0 30 4.4 31 2.6 32 4.0 33 2.7 34 1.0 35 7.6 36—71 3.6 Manufacturing Total 124.4 Note: 1 These SIC groups are aggregated to avoid company specific information. Source:
Scottish Production Database 1994.
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Table 2: Estimated share of rates paid by Scottish industry, by Sector, 1993 Sector Percentage of total rates paid Agriculture, forestry and fishing (SIC 1–5) 0.3 Mining, energy and water supply (SIC 10–14 and 40, 41) 11.1 Manufacturing (SIC 15–37) 14.7 Construction (SIC 45) 1.2 Distribution (SIC 50–55) 42.0 Transport and communication (SIC 60–64) 7.6 Services (SIC 65–99) 23.0 Total 100.0 Source:
Scottish input—output analyses—1993.