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Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the upper limit of expenditure recommended by his Department to each regional and island authority in each year since
| £ million at November 1979 prices | ||||
| Regional and Islands Councils | Guideline for current expenditure relevant for RSG (excluding loan charges) | Near-Actual Expenditure | Amount by which near actual exceeds(+) or fails short of(—)Guideline | |
| 1976–77 | ||||
| Borders | … | 27·54 | 26·64 | —0·90 |
| Central | … | 64·79 | 67·54 | +2·75 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | … | 37·27 | 37·06 | —0·21 |
| Fife | … | 80·99 | 82·79 | +1·80 |
| Grampian | … | 118·25 | 120·25 | +2·00 |
| Highland | … | 53·46 | 57·52 | +4·06 |
| Lothian | … | 210·58 | 209·24 | —1·34 |
| Strathclyde | … | 732·17 | 724·30 | —7·87 |
| Tayside | … | 105·28 | 103·90 | —1·38 |
| Orkney | … | 6·47 | 6·76 | +0·29 |
| Shetland | … | 8·09 | 7·49 | —0·60 |
| Western Isles | … | 12·94 | 12·25 | —0·69 |
| 1977–78 | ||||
| Borders | … | 27·39 | 27·11 | —0·28 |
| Central | … | 64·89 | 66·33 | +1·44 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | … | 37·50 | 36·67 | —0·83 |
| Fife | … | 80·77 | 80·17 | —0·60 |
| Grampian | … | 119·71 | 118·25 | —1·46 |
| Highland | … | 53·36 | 56·74 | +3·38 |
| Lothian | … | 209·12 | 201·23 | —7·89 |
| Strathclyde | … | 726·89 | 698·10 | —28·79 |
| Tayside | … | 103·83 | 102·92 | —0·91 |
| Orkney | … | 6·42 | 6·05 | —0·37 |
| Shetland | … | 8·03 | 8·14 | +0·11 |
| Western Isles | … | 12·85 | 12·81 | —0·04 |
| 1978–79 | ||||
| Borders | … | 27·99 | 28·48 | +0·49 |
| Central | … | 65·70 | 70·46 | +4·76 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | … | 38·11 | 38·19 | +0·08 |
| Fife | … | 82·78 | 83·98 | +1·20 |
| Grampian | … | 119·57 | 122·29 | +2·72 |
| Highland | … | 54·13 | 59·10 | +4·97 |
| Lothian | … | 206·29 | 212·43 | +6·14 |
| Strathclyde | … | 726·63 | 728·36 | +1·73 |
| Tayside | … | 105·11 | 109·60 | +·49 |
| Orkney | … | 6·59 | 7·48 | +0·89 |
| Shetland | … | 8·23 | 8·80 | +0·57 |
| Western Isles | … | 13·14 | 13·77 | +0·63 |