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Mr. Millan
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each local authority in Scotland the amount of additional expenditure incurred because of last winter's severe weather, the amount of special assistance claimed and the amount of special assistance granted.
Mr. Younger
Information on the level of additional expenditure incurred by each local authority in Scotland is not held centrally. Figures are available only for those local authorities claiming severe winter weather grant. The information requested for these authorities is as follows:
| £000s | |||
| Authority | Additional expenditure claimed | Special assistance claimed | Special assistance granted |
| Regions | |||
| Borders | 1,261 | 822 | 602 |
| Central | 2,826 | 1,843 | 1,045 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,715 | 1,109 | 472 |
| Grampian | 3,071 | 1,715 | 1,219 |
| Highland | 2,852 | 1,896 | 1,216 |
| Strathclyde | 7,935 | 2,937 | Nil |
| Tayside | 1,829 | 874 | 467 |
| Districts | |||
| Glasgow | 6,642 | 4,007 | 3,952 |
| Hamilton | 447 | 201 | *50 |
| Lochaber | 74 | 31 | 3 |
| Renfrew | 665 | 231 | 217 |
| Motherwell | 532 | 211 | *200 |
| Inverclyde | 279 | 84 | *54 |
| Stirling | 364 | 174 | *13 |
| Kyle and Carrick | 241 | 41 | 33 |
| * Interim payments only, pending further details from the authorities. | |||