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Local Authority Expenditure

Volume 22: debated on Friday 30 April 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each Scottish local authority and for authorities as a whole (a) the 1982–83 guideline for services within relevant expenditure, (b) the budgeted expenditure for 1982–83 on a comparable basis and (c) the difference between (a) and (b), in £ sterling and as a percentage.

The information is contained in the following table:

£ million in cash
1982–83 Budget*1982–83 GuidelineExcess
£ million£ million£ millionPer cent.
Regional Councils
Borders42·4442·000·441·0
Central109·19102·756·446·3
Dumfries and Galloway57·7457·000·741·3
Fife135·31127·507·816·1
Grampian183·16181·501·660·9
Highland92·2885·0010·2812·1
Lothian361·57295·0066·5722·6
Strathclyde1,103–481,051–7551·734·9
Tayside167·90156·0011·907·6
ALL REGIONS2,256–052,098–50157·557·5
Islands Councils
Orkney14·7410·923·8235·0
Shetland23·3313·0010·3379·5
Western Isles20·8418·382·4613·4
ALL ISLANDS58·9242·3016·6239·3
District Councils
BORDERS
Berwickshire0·710·700·012·0
Ettrick and Lauderdale1·371·200·1714·3
Roxburgh1·521·460·064·0
Tweeddale0·550·58-0·03-4·7
CENTRAL
Clackmannan2·852·680·176·4
Falkirk9·448·690·758·6
Stirling6·694·582·1146·0
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Annadale and Eskdale1·321·260·064·4
Nithsdale2·072·07
Stewartry0·870·820·059·2
Wigtown1·020·930·099·2
FIFE
Dunfermline6·705·780·9215·9
Kirkcaldy9·368·361·0012·0
North-East Fife3·833·670·164·3
GRAMPIAN
Aberdeen13·9811·692·2919·5
Banff and Buchan3·483·48
1982–83 Budget*1982–83 GuidelineExcess
£ million£ million£ millionPer cent.
Gordon2·882·88
Kincardine and'Deeside1·421·370·053·8
Moray4·064·06
HIGHLAND
Badenoch and Strathspey0·420·370·0513·0
Caithness1·141·14
Inverness2·942·620·3212·1
Lochaber0·960·820·1417·3
Nairn0·390·43-0·04-10·2
Ross and Cromarty1·781·730·052·9
Skye and Lochalsh0·39†0·340·0514·4
Sutherland0·700·570·1322·6
LOTHIAN
East Lothian5·094·730·367·6
Edinburgh29·30†28·700·602·1
Midlothian4·894·860·030·6
West Lothian7·056·041·0116·7
STRATHCLYDE
Argyll and Bute5·925·120·8015·7
Bearsden and Milngavie2·582·190·3918·0
Clydebank3·823·580·246·6
Clydesdale3·613·020·5919·4
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth3·703·290·4112·5
Cumnock and Doon Valley2·652·140·5124·0
Cunninghams8·678·410·263·1
Dumbarton5·434·830·6012·4
East Kilbride5·594·870·7214·7
Eastwood3·102·830·279·5
Glasgow77·7569·218·5412·3
Hamilton6·565·710·8515·0
Inverclyde5·946·12-0·19-3·0
Kilmarnock and Loudoun5·084·610·4710·2
Kyle and Carrick7·877·390·486·5
Monklands6·715·960·7512·6
Motherwell8·908·510·394·6
Renfrew16·4014·651·7511·9
Strathkelvin5·765·050·7114·0
TAYSIDE
Angus5·024·680·347·3
Dundee12·0211·410·615·3
Perth and Kinross5·665·450·213·9
ALL DISTRICTS337·90307·8230·089·8
ALL SCOTLAND:2,652–872,448–62204·258·3
* The figures are as returned by local authorities and incorporate such amendments as have so far been agreed with Directors of Finance.
† These guidelines differ from those published in Finance Circular 5/1982 as a result of technical adjustments.