§ Mr. DavidsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total Regional Selective Assistance payments in Scotland by local authority area for the latest 12 month period for which figures are available. [104871]
§ Dr. ReidThe figures for the last fiscal year are given in the table. Since July 1999, the Regional Selective Assistance grant scheme in Scotland has been administered by the Scottish Executive.
Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) payments made by unitary authority: 1998–99 £000 Unitary authority Value of RSA payments made Angus 360 Argyll and Bute 18 Clackmannanshire 21 Dumfries and Galloway 528 Dundee City 1,761 East Ayrshire 1,626 East Dunbartonshire 465 East Renfrewshire 145 Falkirk 400 Fife 9,329 Glasgow City 7,131 Highland 800 Inverclyde 2,473 North Ayrshire 9,536 North Lanarkshire 9,712 Renfrewshire 3,302 South Ayrshire 1,593 South Lanarkshire 6,008 West Dunbartonshire 310 West Lothian 17,887 Total Scotland 73,404