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Mr. Craigen
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of ratepayers in each region of Scotland is receiving rate relief; and what is the percentage of ratepayers who are in arrears with payment of rates.
Mr. Younger
The number and percentage of householders in receipt of rate rebates in each region of Scotland in 1978–79—the latest available year—is set out in the following table. Information on the numbers of recipients of other types of rate relief, and on the percentage of ratepayers in rates arrears, is not available centrally.
RATE REBATES 1978–79 | ||
Number of recipients | Percentage of householders | |
Borders | 6,990 | 16·8 |
Central | 15,856 | 16·7 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 8,400 | 14·6 |
Fife | 26,404 | 20·8 |
Grampian | 26,385 | 14·5 |
Highland | 9,054 | 11·8 |
Lothian | 60,327 | 21·2 |
Strathclyde | 192,595 | 21·6 |
Tayside | 25,542 | 16·4 |
Orkney | 531 | 7·0 |
Shetland | 498 | 6·6 |
Western Isles | 1,068 | 9·3 |