§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current level of non-housing debt and the cost of servicing such debt in each unitary and island authority in Scotland; and what were the equivalent figures 12 months ago. [31466]
§ Mr. MacdonaldThe available information is as shown. The footnotes to the tables explain the basis on which the information has been compiled:
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The amounts of debt outstanding1,2,3,4 on local authority general and trading funds £000 Local authority 31 March 1996 31 March 1997 Aberdeen City 242,910 244,248 Aberdeenshire 199,048 207,105 Angus 58,566 62,576 Argyll and Bute 152,626 161,480 Clackmannanshire 40,592 42,026
The amounts of debt outstanding1,2,3,4 on local authority general and trading funds £000 Local authority 31 March 1996 31 March 1997 Dumfries and Galloway 166,023 179,511 Dundee City 156,993 163,059 East Ayrshire 92,742 95,854 East Dunbartonshire 76,104 79,861 East Lothian 95,317 99,898 East Renfrewshire 54,836 56,186 Edinburgh City of 623,298 604,512 Eilean Siar 115,712 119,757 Falkirk 107,471 108,868 Fife 277,919 294,865 Glasgow City 954,761 984,904 Highland 296,058 316,377 Inverclyde 103,476 105,804 Midlothian 73,879 73,563 Moray 88,013 90,653 North Ayrshire 107,611 112,071 North Lanarkshire 255,910 265,546 Orkney 11,570 12,653 Perth and Kinross 91,207 92,150 Renfrewshire 137,757 147,151 Scottish Borders 123,010 128,252 Shetland5 2,322 2,453 South Ayrshire 87,562 89,209 South Lanarkshire 263,095 274,852 Stirling 95,725 101,300 West Dunbartonshire 96,704 99,919 West Lothian 138,162 139,598 Scotland 5,386,977 5,556,262 1 Local Authorities provide the Scottish Office with annual information on the amount of debt outstanding at 31 March, on each of the main categories of account—General Services, Housing Revenue Account and Trading Services. General Services debt is further sub-divided into debt which is relevant for loan charges support and that which is non-relevant. For each of these accounts the amount recorded is the debt owed by the account to the local authority Loans Fund. These figures do not directly measure the total borrowings of the local authority. 2 Water and Sewerage debt at 31 March 1996 has been excluded to maintain comparability. 3 The debt figure comprises relevant and non-relevant General Fund Services and Trading Services debt. Some Non-Housing Revenue Account Housing debt is included with the relevant General Fund debt and cannot be netted off. 4 Joint Board Debt which is relevant for loan charges support has been apportioned to the appropriate local authorities. No information is available to apportion non-relevant Joint Board debt of £45.341 million at 31 March 1996 and £46.040 million at 31 March 1997. 5 Shetland is essentially debt free—the debt shown is only their apportionment of Joint Board debt. Source:
Capital Debt Outstanding Return 1997, completed by all Local Authorities, Joint Boards and the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.
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Loan charges recorded on local authority general funds1,2 £000 Local authority Provisional for 1996–97 Estimate for 1997–98 Aberdeen City 29,428 32,577 Aberdeenshire 23,598 25,505 Angus 8,076 9,193 Argyll and Bute 21,243 20,959 Clackmannanshire 4,366 5,449 Dumfries and Galloway 22,369 23,985 Dundee City 20,707 20,850 East Ayrshire 13,216 13,654 East Dunbartonshire 9,825 10,565 East Lothian 14,225 15,130
Loan charges recorded on local authority general funds1,2 £000 Local authority Provisional for 1996–97 Estimate for 1997–98 East Renfrewshire 8,856 9,069 Edinburgh City of 80,628 80,726 Eilean Siar 17,323 18,172 Falkirk 15,690 16,366 Fife 36,205 38,651 Glasgow City 109,220 115,268 Highland 40,916 42,945 Inverclyde 13,616 13,886 Midlothian 10,874 10,481 Moray 12,507 12,707 North Ayrshire 13,902 16,394 North Lanarkshire 32,614 35,231 Orkney 5,334 5,853 Perth and Kinross 12,804 14,117 Renfrewshire 20,497 21,083 Scottish Borders 18,745 18,134 Shetland 0 0 South Ayrshire 10,408 11,671 South Lanarkshire 37,620 39,667 Stirling 12,287 13,302 West Dunbartonshire 11,441 12,567 West Lothian 18,244 19,145 Scotland 706,784 743,302 1 The Loan Charges amounts are for the debt servicing costs of relevant General Fund debt only. Information is not available centrally on the costs of servicing non-relevant General Fund and trading services debt. Therefore, these amounts relate to a sub-set of the total given in the first table. 2 These figures relate to transactions between the relevant accounts and the local authorities loans fund and do not provide information on the external borrowings or debt repayments of local authorities. Source:
Provisional Outturn and Budget Estimate Return 1997 (POBE97).
§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each unitary and island authority in Scotland the current level of uncollected(a) community charge and (b) council tax income. [31381]
§ Mr. MacdonaldThe current information is as follows:
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(a) Uncollected Community Charge for Financial Years 1989–99 to 1992–93 £000 Authority Total Community Charge1 outstanding at 30 September 1997 Aberdeen City 10,199 Aberdeenshire 5,103 Angus 4,705 Argyll & Bute2 9,203 Clackmannanshire 2,453 Dumfries & Galloway 3,792 Dundee City 12,565 East Ayrshire 12,083 East Dunbartonshire 6,615 East Lothian 9,589 East Renfrewshire 4,056 Edinburgh City of 73,694 Eilean Siar 1,134 Falkirk 5,347 Fife 21,948 Glasgow City 139,315 Highland 11,300 Inverclyde 7,337 Midlothian 9,986 Moray 2,701 North Ayrshire 18,098
(a) Uncollected Community Charge for Financial Years 1989–99 to 1992–93 £000 Authority Total Community Charge1 outstanding at 30 September 1997 North Lanarkshire2 32,567 Orkney 106 Perth & Kinross 4,221 Renfrewshire2 18,584 Scottish Borders 3,102 Shetland 60 South Ayrshire 5,081 South Lanarkshire 35,636 Stirling 4,798 West Dunbartonshire 14,333 West Lothian 17,306 Scotland 507,017 1 Includes outstanding Community Water Charges. 2 These authorities have supplied only estimated amounts of Community Charge outstanding. Source:
Statistical Return Council Tax and Community Charge Receipts, completed by all authorities.
(a) Uncollected Council Tax Income for Financial Years 1993–94 to 1996–97 £000 Authority Total Council Tax Income1 outstanding at 30 September 1997 Aberdeen City 11,899 Aberdeenshire 5,064 Angus 3,226 Argyll & Bute 5,100 Clackmannanshire 1,750 Dumfries & Galloway 5,018 Dundee City 9,058 East Ayrshire 6,825 East Dunbartonshire 5,652 East Lothian 5,638 East Renfrewshire 2,483 Edinburgh City of 37,848 Eilean Siar 1,126 Falkirk 4,186 Fife 13,863 Glasgow City 76,963 Highland 13,145 Inverclyde 4,713 Midlothian 4,128 Moray 1,788 North Ayrshire 7,810 North Lanarkshire 17,910 Orkney 272 Perth & Kinross 4,015 Renfrewshire 12,704 Scottish Borders 2,203 Shetland 417 South Ayrshire 5,659 South Lanarkshire 17,881 Stirling 2,751 West Dunbartonshire 10,515 West Lothian 8,287 Scotland 309,897 1 Outstanding amounts include uncollected Council Water Charges for years up to and including 1995–96. Source:
Statistical Return Council Tax and Community Charge Receipts completed by all authorities.