asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage change in 1980–81 for each local authority in Scotland of (a) the rate poundage and (b) the amount of rate support grant.
Percentage changes in regional, district and general rate pound-ages between 1979–80 and 1980–81 are given in the table below.Rate support grant for both years, as currently prescribed, may be increased in consideration of increases in costs affecting local authority expenditure. Until the amounts of any increases are determined and distributed it is not possible to establish the amount of rate support grant for each authority for either year or to measure the change in 1980–81.
Following is the table:
Rate poundage
| Rate poundage
| Percentage change
| |
Authority
| 1979–80
| 1980–81
| (+ or -)
|
p
| p
| ||
Regional Councils
| |||
| Borders | 46 | 63 | + 37·0 |
| Central | 46 | 54 | + 17·4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 45 | 56 | + 24·4 |
| Fife | 40 | 55 | + 37·5 |
| Grampian | 50 | 59 | + 18·0 |
| Highland | 47 | 64 | + 36·2 |
| Lothian | 53 | 75 | +41·5 |
| Strathclyde | 41 | 58 | +41·5 |
| Tayside | 43 | 55 | + 27·9 |
District Councils Borders Region
| |||
| Berwickshire | 10 | 10 | — |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | 7·2 | 7·2 | — |
| Roxburgh | 11·7 | 10 | - 14·5 |
| Tweeddale | 9 | 8 | -11·1 |
Central Region
| |||
| Clackmannan | 15 | 18 | +20·0 |
| Falkirk | 18 | 22 | +22·2 |
| Stirling | 16 | 18 | + 12·5 |
Dumfries and Galloway Region
| |||
| Annandale and Eskdale | 9 | 10 | + 11·1 |
| Nithsdale | 5 | 8 | +60·0 |
| Stewartry | 6 | 7 | + 16·6 |
| Wigtown | 6 | 7 | + 16·6 |
Fife Region
| |||
| Dunfermline | 12 | 14 | + 16·6 |
| Kirkcaldy | 10 | 13·5 | +35·0 |
| North East Fife | 13 | 16 | +23·1 |
Grampian Region
| |||
| Aberdeen City | 16·5 | 21·25 | + 28·8 |
| Banff and Buchan | 11 | 9 | -18·2 |
| Gordon | 13 | 13 | — |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 8 | 8 | — |
| Moray | 14 | 15 | +7·1 |
Highland Region
| |||
| Badenoch and Strathspey | 9 | 9 | — |
| Caithness | 13 | 14 | +7·7 |
| Inverness | 12 | 13 | + 8·3 |
| Lochaber | 19 | 19 | — |
| Nairn | 9 | 10 | + 11·1 |
| Ross and Cromarty | 13 | 13 | — |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 10 | 13 | + 30·0 |
| Sutherland | 17 | 17 | — |
Lothian Region
| |||
| East Lothian | 16 | 19·5 | +21·9 |
| Edinburgh City | 16·5 | 19·5 | + 18·2 |
| Midlothian | 14 | 20 | +42·9 |
| West Lothian | 15 | 18 | +20·0 |
Strathclyde Region
| |||
| Argyll and Bute | 23 | 27 | + 17·4 |
| Bearsden and Milngavie | 18 | 20 | + 11·1 |
| Clydebank | 25 | 28 | + 12·0 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 11 | 12 | +9·1 |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | 18 | 21 | + 16·7 |
| Cunninghame | 19 | 23 | +21·1 |
| Dumbarton | 20 | 29 | +45·0 |
| East Kilbride | 13 | 17 | +30·8 |
| Eastwood | 15 | 16 | +6·7 |
| Glasgow City | 27 | 35 | +29·6 |
| Hamilton | 21 | 23 | +9·5 |
| Inverclyde | 20 | 20 | — |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 20 | 23 | +15·0 |
| Kyle and Carrick | 18 | 18 | — |
| Lanark | 13·5 | 17 | +25·9 |
| Monklands | 26·5 | 29·5 | +11·3 |
Rate poundage
| Rate poundage
| Percentage change
| ||||
Authority
| 1979–80
| 1980–81
| (+ or -)
| |||
p
| p
| |||||
| Motherwell | … | … | … | 21·5 | 26 | +20·9 |
| Renfrew | … | … | … | 19 | 22·5 | + 18·4 |
| Strathkelvin | … | … | … | 18·5 | 21 | + 13·5 |
Tayside Region
| ||||||
| Angus | … | … | … | 10 | 11 | + 10·0 |
| Dundee City | … | … | … | 16 | 14 | -12·5 |
| Perth and Kinross | … | … | … | 9 | 10·5 | + 16·7 |
Islands Councils
| ||||||
| Orkney | … | … | … | 100 | 62 | -38·0 |
| Shetlands | … | … | … | 50 | 75 | + 50·0 |
| Western Isles | … | … | … | 65 | 89 | + 36·9 |