§ Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknishasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is, for each local authority in Scotland:
- (a) the number of electors;
- (b) the number of council tax payers;
- (c) the number of council tax payers on full rebate;
- (d) the number of council tax payers on partial rebate;
- (e) the percentage of the electorate paying a full council tax. [HL595]
§ Lord SewelThe available information is shown below:
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(a) Number of Electors in each Local Authority (1997) Authority Number Aberdeen City 172,066 Aberdeenshire 172,767 Angus 86,929 Argyll & Bute 69,971 Clackmannanshire 36,927 Dumfries & Galloway 116,828 Dundee City 117,166 East Ayrshire 94,368 East Dunbartonshire 84,978 East Lothian 69,870 East Renfrewshire 67,597 Edinburgh City 362,788 Eilean Siar 23,315 Falkirk 110,692 Fife 276,989 Glasgow City 476,784 Highland 164,711
(a) Number of Electors in each Local Authority (1997) Authority Number Inverclyde 67,805 Midlothian 61,423 Moray 65,361 North Ayrshire 106,478 North Lanarkshire 246,599 Orkney 15,658 Perth & Kinross 104,464 Renfrewshire 139,766 Scottish Borders 86,051 Shetland 17,012 South Ayrshire 90,787 South Lanarkshire 236,038 Stirling 65,798 West Dunbartonshire 72,611 West Lothian 115,326 Scotland 3,995,923 Source:
General Register Office (Scotland), Estimate 1997.
(b) Number of Chargeable Dwellings in each Local Authority (1997) Authority Number Aberdeen City 95,967 Aberdeenshire 90,056 Angus 47,306 Argyll & Bute 41,582 Clackmannanshire 20,387 Dumfries & Galloway 64,668 Dundee City 67,528 East Ayrshire 50,513 East Dunbartonshire 41,988 East Lothian 37,528 East Renfrewshire 34,197 Edinburgh City 197,334 Eilean Siar 12,370 Falkirk 60,825 Fife 147,907 Glasgow City 263,236 Highland 92,819 Inverclyde 37,543 Midlothian 31,513 Moray 34,526 North Ayrshire 59,558 North Lanarkshire 130,206 Orkney 8,814 Perth & Kinross 58,565 Renfrewshire 76,981 Scottish Borders 47,741 Shetland 9,252 South Ayrshire 48,774 South Lanarkshire 123,879 Stirling 33,707 West Dunbartonshire 42,213 West Lothian 60,764 Scotland 2,170,247 Source:
Statistical Return—Council Tax Base, October 1997.
(c) The Department of Social Security estimates that in May 1996 there were 365,000 people in Scotland receiving a rebate equal to the full amount of council tax;
(d) The Department of Social Security estimates that in May 1996 there were 209,000 people in Scotland receiving a rebate less than the full amount of council tax;
Information is not held centrally on numbers receiving full and partial rebates for each local authority area in Scotland.
44WA(e) No information is held centrally on the number of people who pay council tax. It is therefore not possible to provide estimates of the percentage of the electorate paying council tax in full or part.