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33. Mrs. Gorman : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the United Kingdom's competitiveness with the emerging newly industrialised countries.
Mr. Eggar : The United Kingdom's competitiveness both with the newly industrialising countries and with other developed economies is analysed in the Government's recent White Paper "Competitiveness : Helping Business to Win".
26. Mr. Amess : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he next proposes to meet the Institute of Directors to discuss industrial competitiveness.
Mr. McLoughlin : I refer to the answer my hon. Friend gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Kincardine and Deeside (Mr. Kynoch).
24. Mr. Thurnham : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received on his White Paper on Competitiveness.
Mr. McLoughlin : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Durham, North-West (Ms Armstrong) earlier today.
22. Mr. Jamieson : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what proposals he has to improve disclosure of director's share options.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : None. However, proposals are contained in the exposure draft of the urgent issues task force of the Accounting Standards Board published on 19 May. The draft is open for comment until 8 July.
25. Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of jobs in manufacturing (a) in June 1979 and (b) at the latest available date.
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Mr. McLoughlin : Manufacturing employment has been on a downward trend in the developed world for many years. The number of employees in employment in United Kingdom manufacturing industry was 7.3 million in June 1979 and 4.3 million in March 1994. The fall in manufacturing employment since 1979 reflects structural changes and sharply increased productivity.
27. Mr. Chisholm : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what proposals he has to boost manufacturing investment ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : Since 1979, investment in plant and machinery has risen by over 50 per cent. Further investment will be encouraged by the profitable and competitive manufacturing base which our policies are designed to maintain.
32. Mr. Macdonald : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the percentage change in manufacturing output since 1979 and the figures for Germany, Japan and the United States of America.
Mr. Eggar : Since 1979, manufacturing output increased by 5 per cent. in the United Kingdom ; 14 per cent. in West Germany ; 43 per cent. in Japan ; and 38 per cent. in the United States of America. However the comparison is affected by the timing of the economic cycle. Between 1981 and 1992--similar points in the economic cycle--United Kingdom manufacturing output grew by over a fifth.
28. Mr. Foulkes : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the European Union about protecting the interests of European aircraft industries.
Mr. McLoughlin : Ministers and officials at my Department have a continuing dialogue on the competitiveness of the European aerospace industry with our partners in the major European aerospace programmes such as airbus.
29. Mr. Ainger : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what responses he has received so far on his Green Paper on the Future of the Post Office.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Green Paper has not yet been published. However, we have received a number of representations since my right hon. Friend's statement on 19 May expressing a range of views on the future of the Post Office.
Mr. Hain : To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he was consulted about statements made by the Post Office chief executive on privatisation.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Post Office board is entirely free to comment in public on issues concerning the future of its business.
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to publish his consultation paper on the Post Office.
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30. Ms Quin : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he next intends to discuss with his EU counterparts the future of the shipbuilding industry.
Mr. McLoughlin : My right hon. Friend the Minister for Industry is meeting EU counterparts today, when he attends a meeting of the Industry Council, to discuss shipbuilding affairs.
31. Mr. Loyden : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment his Department has made of the future prospects for the shipbuilding industry ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : My officials are constantly in touch with representatives of the shipbuilding industry about their plans and prospects. My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade and other Ministers recently met leading representatives of the industy to hear their reports and discuss their industry's future.
34. Ms Ruddock : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on his Department's deregulation initiative.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : The booklet "Deregulation--Cutting Red Tape", copies of which are available in the Library of the House, was published in January, setting out the aims and achievements of the deregulation initiative to date. Since then further developments have included :
The completion of the departmental reviews of their regulations. My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade has recently submitted a report to the Prime Minister on the results of this. There are now 873 regulations earmarked for amendment or repeal, and 359 of the task forces' 605 recommendations have now been accepted and work is being taken forward by the new task force under the chairmanship of Francis Maude.
The Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill has now completed its passage through the Commons and is currently before another place. The review of fire safety regulations has now submitted its report to the Government. We are considering its recommendations and how to proceed regarding publication.
We continue to work with the European Commission and other member states to ensure that deregulation is at the heart of European policy making and that all new EC proposals are fully justified in terms of their costs and benefits.
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to vary the ban on British Telecom and Mercury providing entertainment services via their national networks ; what representation he has received regarding the ban ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : British Telecom and Mercury have precisely the same opportunities as other companies to provide entertainment services, through holding interests in franchises to provide cable television. The Government are committed to maintaining their policies on these matters, as set out in chapter 5 of the 1991 telecommunications White Paper. We have received correspondence on aspects of these policies from a variety of sources, and I have recently explained the justification for our policies to the Trade and Industry Select Committee.
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Mr. MacShane : To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take action to secure the withdrawal by the European Commission of subsidies being paid by the Italian Government to that country's steel industry.
Mr. Sainsbury : The Government will continue to press the Commission to take firm action against any subsidies paid by the Italian Government to their steel industry which are not permissible under the European Coal and Steel Community treaty or the steel aids code.
Mr. Spellar : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what are the latest figures for imports and exports of machine tools between the United Kingdom and Japan, Germany and Italy.
Mr. Needham : The information is provided in the table :
United Kingdom trade in machine tools<1> for 1993 (£ million, current prices) Country |Imports|Exports -------------------------------- Japan |106.9 |9.2 Germany |122.7 |43.4 Italy |38.1 |14.6 <1> Machine tools and their parts are defined as headings 728, 733 and 735 of the Standard International Trade Classification. Source: HM Customs and Excise.
Sir Harold Walker : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce a requirement that company annual reports should include a statement of their level of compliance with the statutory quota for the employment of disabled persons.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : I have no plans to do so. The Companies Act 1985 already requires companies with more than 250 employees to include in their directors' report a statement describing their policy applied during the financial year for the employment of disabled persons.
Mr. Tipping : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will announce the site of the headquarters of the Coal Authority.
Mr. Eggar : The Government gave a commitment in their coal review White Paper that the headquarters of the Coal Authority would be located in Nottinghamshire. I announced yesterday in a reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Chingford (Mr. Duncan Smith) Official Report, column 83, the initial accommodation arrangements being made for the authority pending its own consideration of longer term arrangements. The authority's headquarters will be located at 200 Lichfield land, Berry Hill, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, which British Coal Opencast will also continue to use for the time being. The authority will additionally take over British Coal's abandoned mine plans facility at Bretby in Staffordshire, and co-locate certain associated functions.
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Mr. Page : To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the review of fire safety legislation and enforcement he announced on 17 January has produced its report ; whether it will be published ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Heseltine : The review team submitted its report to my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary and my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for the Environment and myself on 24 May. We are publishing the report today and copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
The review team has carried out a thorough evaluation of the present system and identified a number of potential improvements. Since January, the review team has undertaken widespread consultation with all interested parties. It has found that there is an overlap in present legislation and that enforcement arrangements may impose burdens on businesses and create avoidable uncertainty. Enforcement responsibilities are sometimes blurred. This makes more difficult the task of enforcing the legislation and co- ordinating the activities of the various enforcers.
The report puts forward a number of proposals which the review team believes would reduce burdens on business and introduce greater clarity into the system without undermining safety standards. These recommendations are now under consideration by Ministers. No decisions have yet been taken and we are committed to full consultation before any proposals for changing the existing arrangements are made. We would welcome the views of interested parties. We shall be consulting those organisations with a known interest in this matter for their views by 31 October 1994. The review team has risen well to the challenge, and we expect that greater clarity and simpler arrangements will improve standards of fire safety.
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when Lloyd's passed the annual solvency test.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : The statement and certificates demonstrating Lloyd's solvency for the year ended December 1992, which are required by part IV of the Insurance Companies Act 1982, were received by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade at the end of August 1993. The corresponding documentation in respect of the year ended December 1993 should be delivered this August.
Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he next intends to convene a conference of representatives of overseas investors to discuss locating in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : My Department's Invest in Britain Bureau regularly holds seminars in its major overseas markets. These are always well attended.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those activities within his Department which have been, or are subject to market testing ; those
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activities which have been awarded to private contractors ; those cases in which external consultants have been employed and the total cost of consultancy fees in relation to market testing.Mr. Eggar : A full list of activities subject to market testing in 1992-93 and 1993-94 was published in the citizens charter first and second reports, Cm. 2101 and Cm. 2540 respectively. To date, the private sector has been awarded contracts within the following areas : the offshore geology programme, office and support services, and training. External consultants have been employed to support market testing of the activities listed in the reports with the exception of oil and gas royalties, ship radio licensing, outward missions and staff counselling. To date the total cost of consultancy fees for market testing has been £2.5 million.
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his estimate of the reduction of outstanding debts as a result of his proposed initiatives for early payments.
Mr. McLoughlin : This information is not available. My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade announced in the White Paper on competitiveness a number of measures to address late payment. We will continue to monitor changes in payment times after these measures have been implemented.
Dr. Liam Fox : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what (a) proportion and (b) value of United Kingdom exports went to (i) the EC and (ii) non-EC countries in 1985, 1990 and the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Needham : United Kingdom exports to the EC in 1985, 1990 and 1993 were £38 billion, £54 billion and £64 billion respectively, representing 49 per cent., 53 per cent. and 53 per cent. of United Kingdom exports. The value of exports to non-EC countries were £40 billion, £47 billion and £57 billion, representing 51 per cent., 47 per cent. and 47 per cent. of United Kingdom exports.
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what applications for export licences to South America for defence equipment have (a) been granted, (b) received and (c) discussed over the past year ; and what information regarding United Kingdom arms exports to Chile was given in the UN register.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 21 June 1994] : Details of applications for export licences for goods on the military list of the Export of Goods (Control) Order to South American countries are as follows. It has not been possible to give separate figures for applications discussed, as it is not possible, without
disproportionate effort, to distinguish between those applications where discussions took place and those where they did not. Copies of the United Kingdom's returns for 1992 and 1993 to the UN register of conventional arms are in the Libraries of the House.
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Export licence applications for military goods to South America 1 June 1993-31 May 1994 Country |Received|Issued ------------------------------------- Argentina |16 |3 Bolivia |7 |7 Brazil |641 |620 Chile |169 |142 Columbia |20 |12 Ecuador |19 |15 Guyana |8 |8 Paraguay |6 |5 Peru |30 |28 Uruguay |4 |4 Venezuela |23 |21
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what specific consultations he had with industry prior to the finalisation of the EC unfair consumer contracts directive about the content of that directive.
Mr. McLoughlin [holding answer 20 June 1994] : We consulted extensively with industry, and with other interested parties, on the text of the draft directive as soon as it became available. The comments that we received were taken into account during the subsequent negotiations.
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the EC unfair consumer contracts directive applies to real property transactions ; and whether the United Kingdom legislation required to implement the directive will distinguish between real and personal property.
Mr. McLoughlin [holding answer 20 June 1994] : The Government's view is that the unfair contract terms directive does not apply to the sale of real property, though it would apply to any secondary transactions. It is not intended in the implementing regulations to distinguish between real and personal property.
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information he has concerning the differences between the European Commission's understanding of the term "goods" in connection with the EC unfair consumer contracts directive and the definition of the term in United Kingdom law ; how any discrepancy between the two understandings of the terms will be resolved ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin [holding answer 20 June 1994] : I am not aware of any such differences. There is no general definition of what constitutes goods in United Kingdom law.
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what recent representations he has received from trade associations in the financial services sector, the manufacturing sector, and the house-building sector concerning the EC unfair consumer contracts directive ; and what plans he has to meet a group representing trade associations in those sectors to discuss the directive.
Mr. McLoughlin [holding answer 20 June 1994] : My Department has received 87 responses to its consultation paper on the implementation of the unfair contract terms
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directive. These include a number from trade associations in the financial services, manufacturing and construction sectors. I have no current plans to meet any trade associations from those sectors, but a number of meetings have been held with my officials.Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current number of cattle aged 30 months or under with enzootic bovine leukosis.
Sir Hector Monro : Currently there are eight animals in Scotland under the age of 30 months which have reacted positively to tests for enzootic bovine leukosis.
Mr. Clifton-Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations the Government have made to the European Commission to ensure that the minimum import price of Norwegian farmed salmon into the Community is reinstated.
Sir Hector Monro : None. Minimum import prices were introduced last autumn as an exceptional and temporary measure to counter low prices and expired on 17 May this year. Current data indicate that prices are well above the previous minimum import levels.
Mr. Clifton-Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action is being taken to prevent Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon being dumped on the United Kingdom market.
Sir Hector Monro : We are giving every assistance to the industry in its efforts to seek a more stable market. My right hon. Friend and I have had regular meetings with the industry to ensure full understanding of the situation and to discuss possible solutions, and have brought about the resumption of discussions between the Scottish and Norwegian fish farming representative organisations.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will establish an ad hoc task force of relevant interests and expertise to provide St. Anthony's RC church, Hallhill road, Spateston, Johnstone, with advice on what sources of public funding may be available to assist repair to the church roof and to make the building wind and watertight ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro : I am advised that Historic Scotland has already provided the hon. Member with advice, in a letter from the chief executive dated 14 April 1994, on possible sources of public funding to assist with the repair of St. Anthony's church.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to introduce new building regulations or amend existing building regulations, to promote the development of barrier-free housing in terms of (a) new-build and (b) renovated or modernised properties ; and if he will make a statement.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. Friend intends to consult on a range of building regulation requirements which could be applied to the design of new dwellings for the benefit of disabled people. We have no plans to apply any such new requirements retrospectively to existing dwellings.
Scottish Homes has announced that it expects recipients of grant funding to adopt a policy of promoting barrier-free standards wherever possible ; and the draft housing community care circular issued for comment in February drew attention to the advantages of barrier-free housing.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to encourage public sector landlords to provide disabled people with personal housing plans ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : It is for local housing authorities and Scottish Homes to decide what housing information and advice to provide for applicants.
The draft housing and community care circular issued for comment in February emphasised that community care users, including those with physical disabilities, and their carers, should participate in individual community care assessments covering the range of housing, health and social care services suited to their needs.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish a table showing the amount of (a) capital and (b) recurring grants paid to the Paisley Arts Centre in Education, the youth theatre group based in Paisley, by the Scottish Arts Council in each year since 1988 ; what percentage of its outturn expenditure was covered by Scottish Arts Council grants in each year during the same period ; what moneys PACE received from other sources in his Department during the same period ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) when he next plans to meet representatives of the Scottish Arts Council to discuss the youth theatre movement in Scotland ; if he intends to raise the funding of the Paisley Arts centre in Education, the Paisley-based youth theatre group ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) what changes in the criteria governing the allocation of grants by the Scottish Arts Council might have affected awards to the Paisley Arts centre in Education, the Paisley-based youth theatre group ; whether he was consulted about any changes to these criteria ; and if he will make a statement ;
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(4) if he will make a statement on the value and importance of the youth theatre movement in Scotland, with particular reference to the Paisley-based Paisley Arts centre in Education theatre group.Sir Hector Monro : The relationship between my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the Scottish Arts Council is governed by the arm's- length principle. It is for the Scottish Arts Council to determine its artistic policy and strategy and to decide, in line with its artistic judgment, which individual arts bodies should benefit from the council's funds. Questions relating to the funding of arts organisations should be addressed to the council. My right hon. Friend attaches importance to the youth theatre movement in Scotland and will give support amounting to £62,920 in 1994-95 under section 23 of the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 to the Scottish Youth Theatre, which is a national organisation operating on a Scotland-wide basis, the activities of which are broadly educational.
No Scottish Office grant has been paid to PACE. My right hon. Friend has no plans to meet the Scottish Arts Council to discuss the youth theatre movement.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of (a) the likely change in the population of rats in the sewerage system and (b) which factors will determine that change ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro : The regional and islands councils in Scotland are responsible for sewerage matters and no authority has indicated to my right hon. Friend that there has been any recent change in the population of rats in sewers. No significant problem with rats in sewerage systems in Scotland is known to exist. Any outbreak or an increase in the rat population in sewers would be dealt with by the authorities' drainage departments.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing (a) the average weekly rental charge and (b) the average increase in the weekly rental charge for (i) each district council in Scotland and (ii) Scottish Homes houses in each year since 1984 ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the tables :
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Average Standard Local Authority Rents £ per dwelling per week Authorities |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berwickshire |12.75 |13.77 |14.40 |15.34 |16.86 |17.95 |19.05 |21.05 |22.50 |23.60 |24.76 Ettrick and Lauderdale |13.22 |13.14 |13.14 |13.88 |14.59 |15.55 |16.48 |18.83 |20.23 |21.09 |22.77 Roxburgh |13.43 |14.72 |16.38 |16.87 |18.08 |19.79 |20.72 |23.96 |26.18 |27.62 |28.77 Tweeddale |11.28 |11.34 |12.69 |13.14 |14.27 |14.07 |15.50 |17.83 |19.56 |22.44 |23.25 Clackmannan |11.21 |11.66 |12.86 |14.34 |16.24 |18.89 |21.17 |22.94 |24.79 |25.23 |26.15 Falkirk |10.68 |11.61 |12.54 |13.89 |15.25 |17.04 |18.97 |19.80 |21.27 |22.90 |23.80 Stirling |9.29 |11.55 |13.62 |15.07 |16.09 |18.46 |20.67 |23.19 |25.30 |29.14 |29.26 Annandale and Eskdale |12.91 |13.85 |15.22 |16.49 |18.10 |19.35 |21.96 |24.18 |26.00 |28.10 |28.66 Nithsdale |10.50 |11.48 |13.13 |13.86 |15.45 |16.96 |18.75 |21.14 |23.21 |25.66 |25.72 Stewartry |13.96 |14.09 |15.45 |16.45 |18.06 |19.51 |20.75 |24.53 |26.89 |28.40 |28.39 Wigtown |14.17 |15.79 |16.69 |16.70 |17.57 |18.42 |18.90 |23.48 |27.07 |29.34 |29.77 Dunfermline |12.16 |12.15 |13.46 |14.70 |16.65 |17.94 |19.50 |21.54 |22.90 |24.91 |25.95 Kirkcaldy |11.60 |12.60 |13.85 |15.32 |17.02 |18.67 |20.62 |22.38 |24.48 |26.22 |26.69 North East Fife |12.69 |13.82 |15.87 |17.07 |18.16 |20.79 |21.09 |23.34 |23.52 |24.50 |25.00 Aberdeen |8.89 |11.21 |12.55 |14.69 |15.97 |17.92 |19.49 |20.81 |20.61 |21.55 |22.58 Banff and Buchan |12.43 |13.80 |14.98 |15.61 |17.27 |18.97 |20.01 |21.17 |22.09 |23.17 |23.65 Gordon |11.91 |13.63 |14.91 |15.11 |16.07 |17.72 |19.05 |23.31 |24.71 |27.05 |31.07 Kincardine and Deeside |11.80 |13.01 |13.85 |14.34 |15.03 |15.07 |17.12 |18.96 |21.62 |25.63 |27.87 Moray |11.64 |13.58 |14.03 |15.66 |17.25 |19.41 |20.77 |20.78 |22.28 |24.40 |25.81 Badenoch and Strathspey |12.56 |13.50 |15.35 |15.32 |16.91 |16.78 |15.93 |18.87 |22.13 |26.80 |28.49 Caithness |11.75 |12.65 |13.69 |14.84 |16.55 |18.08 |19.83 |22.21 |24.60 |27.13 |29.86 Inverness |11.28 |13.19 |14.02 |15.96 |17.91 |20.26 |21.59 |24.36 |27.06 |29.09 |30.19 Lochaber |12.28 |12.98 |14.29 |16.03 |17.14 |19.09 |21.17 |23.68 |26.50 |29.83 |32.10 Nairn |12.15 |13.53 |14.68 |15.79 |17.42 |19.27 |19.33 |23.94 |26.91 |27.22 |30.71 Ross and Cromarty |11.99 |12.73 |14.73 |15.85 |17.51 |19.60 |21.29 |25.09 |28.63 |30.99 |31.90 Skye and Lochalsh |13.02 |14.91 |16.88 |17.12 |18.05 |19.19 |21.41 |25.01 |29.72 |31.77 |32.44 Sutherland |11.83 |12.80 |14.17 |14.43 |15.79 |17.25 |19.68 |22.93 |27.47 |30.09 |32.46 East Lothian |11.10 |12.39 |13.36 |14.71 |16.28 |17.88 |19.98 |22.11 |22.63 |22.99 |23.58 Edinburgh |13.53 |13.35 |13.39 |15.23 |17.15 |21.27 |24.79 |29.10 |30.53 |32.13 |35.40 Midlothian |10.77 |11.83 |12.76 |13.71 |14.72 |15.81 |15.81 |15.92 |16.13 |18.13 |19.22 West Lothian |10.98 |11.78 |12.63 |13.53 |14.93 |16.72 |17.74 |18.81 |19.72 |21.27 |23.88 Argyll and Bute |13.29 |15.32 |15.31 |15.80 |17.36 |19.10 |21.46 |23.38 |26.27 |29.36 |31.95 Bearsden and Milngavie |11.45 |12.17 |14.23 |16.58 |17.97 |19.71 |21.83 |24.44 |27.66 |28.60 |28.45 Clydebank |10.04 |12.19 |15.04 |17.06 |19.00 |22.75 |25.55 |27.12 |26.60 |28.06 |29.07 Clydesdale |10.70 |12.15 |13.02 |13.85 |15.60 |17.34 |18.70 |20.88 |22.18 |23.58 |24.79 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |10.61 |12.74 |14.75 |16.42 |17.93 |19.77 |21.12 |23.06 |23.97 |25.63 |25.76 Cumnock and Doon Valley |10.39 |11.11 |12.15 |13.61 |14.67 |16.34 |17.70 |20.30 |22.56 |24.35 |25.31 Cunninghame |8.85 |8.85 |10.50 |13.01 |14.80 |16.42 |18.35 |20.27 |22.13 |24.31 |26.47 Dumbarton |9.38 |9.38 |11.68 |14.60 |18.07 |21.15 |24.00 |25.77 |27.97 |29.90 |32.18 East Kilbride |12.44 |13.49 |15.55 |16.53 |17.46 |19.55 |21.61 |22.62 |24.36 |25.18 |30.98 Eastwood |11.02 |11.50 |11.94 |12.45 |13.91 |15.10 |16.59 |18.10 |21.06 |21.73 |22.39 Glasgow |9.63 |10.65 |12.61 |14.63 |17.18 |21.15 |24.02 |26.80 |28.65 |30.78 |31.49 Hamilton |10.03 |10.95 |12.80 |14.86 |15.65 |17.90 |19.37 |21.05 |23.25 |25.39 |27.00 Inverclyde |9.08 |11.30 |12.40 |13.33 |14.37 |16.85 |19.17 |21.44 |29.93 |25.94 |26.94 Kilmarnock and Loudoun |9.59 |10.59 |12.42 |13.85 |14.48 |16.22 |17.51 |19.39 |19.46 |20.83 |21.42 Kyle and Carrick |10.42 |12.18 |13.37 |14.38 |15.65 |16.57 |18.74 |20.22 |21.22 |26.28 |28.18 Monklands |9.30 |11.32 |13.68 |15.50 |16.95 |18.78 |20.25 |22.80 |23.66 |25.66 |27.37 Motherwell |9.91 |11.27 |12.46 |14.10 |15.03 |17.29 |18.60 |19.71 |21.03 |23.43 |25.51 Renfrew |8.81 |9.81 |11.50 |12.99 |13.92 |16.73 |18.70 |20.68 |22.45 |24.41 |25.88 Strathkelvin |10.57 |11.62 |14.18 |15.31 |17.24 |18.12 |19.45 |21.32 |22.87 |25.11 |27.41 Angus |11.70 |12.66 |13.77 |14.58 |14.48 |15.76 |16.80 |17.87 |17.76 |18.88 |19.81 Dundee |8.80 |9.82 |11.63 |13.61 |17.11 |21.19 |25.25 |28.20 |30.44 |32.06 |32.71 Perth and Kinross |10.77 |11.93 |12.93 |13.88 |14.63 |15.85 |18.17 |19.78 |22.12 |22.94 |23.94 Orkney Islands |11.00 |13.16 |14.49 |15.99 |17.06 |20.40 |22.61 |25.61 |28.00 |27.60 |29.53 Shetland Islands |10.52 |13.43 |14.97 |15.93 |18.21 |19.08 |20.68 |25.02 |28.90 |29.76 |31.06 Western Isles |14.88 |15.47 |16.50 |17.52 |18.96 |19.71 |22.46 |29.03 |30.89 |33.38 |34.19 Scotland |10.46 |11.55 |12.99 |14.58 |16.29 |18.82 |20.93 |23.12 |24.65 |26.51 |27.79 Scottish Special Housing Association Scottish Homes Average Rental Income |13.06 |14.23 |15.79 |17.28 |19.02 |20.88 |23.81 |26.73 |29.14 |31.76 |33.83
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Annual average rent increase £ per dwelling per week Authorities | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 Berwickshire |1.20 |1.02 |0.63 |0.95 |1.52 |1.10 |1.09 |2.01 |1.44 |1.11 |1.15 Ettrick and Lauderdale |2.22 | (0.08) | (0.00) |0.74 |0.70 |0.96 |0.93 |2.35 |1.39 |0.86 |1.68 Roxburgh |1.02 |1.28 |1.67 |0.48 |1.22 |1.71 |0.93 |3.23 |2.22 |1.44 |1.15 Tweedale | (0.05) |0.06 |1.35 |0.44 |1.13 | (0.20) |1.43 |2.33 |1.73 |2.88 |0.81 Clackmannan |0.96 |0.46 |1.20 |1.47 |1.91 |2.64 |2.28 |1.77 |1.86 |0.44 |0.92 Falkirk |0.51 |0.93 |0.93 |1.35 |1.36 |1.79 |1.93 |0.84 |1.47 |1.62 |0.90 Stirling |0.01 |2.26 |2.08 |1.44 |1.03 |2.37 |2.21 |2.52 |2.11 |3.84 |0.12 Annandale and Eskdale |1.22 |0.95 |1.37 |1.26 |1.61 |1.25 |2.61 |2.21 |1.82 |2.10 |0.56 Nithsdale |0.90 |0.98 |1.66 |0.72 |1.59 |1.52 |1.79 |2.39 |2.06 |2.46 |0.06 Stewartry |1.31 |0.13 |1.36 |1.00 |1.61 |1.45 |1.24 |3.77 |2.36 |1.51 | (0.00) Wigtown |2.19 |1.62 |0.90 |0.01 |0.87 |0.85 |0.48 |4.57 |3.60 |2.26 |0.43 Dunfermline |0.49 | (0.00) |1.30 |1.25 |1.94 |1.29 |1.56 |2.04 |1.36 |2.02 |1.03 Kirkcaldy |1.15 |0.99 |1.25 |1.47 |1.69 |1.65 |1.95 |1.76 |2.10 |1.74 |0.47 North East Fife | (0.05) |1.14 |2.05 |1.20 |1.09 |2.63 |0.29 |2.26 |0.18 |0.98 |0.50 Aberdeen |0.98 |2.32 |1.34 |2.14 |1.27 |1.95 |1.57 |1.32 | (0.20) |0.95 |1.03 Banff and Buchan |1.17 |1.37 |1.18 |0.63 |1.66 |1.70 |1.04 |1.16 |0.92 |1.08 |0.48 Gordon |0.50 |1.73 |1.27 |0.20 |0.95 |1.65 |1.33 |4.26 |1.40 |2.34 |4.02 Kincardine and Deeside |1.28 |1.21 |0.84 |0.49 |0.70 |0.03 |2.05 |1.84 |2.66 |4.01 |2.24 Moray |1.29 |1.94 |0.45 |1.63 |1.59 |2.16 |1.35 |0.01 |1.50 |2.12 |1.41 Badenoch and Strathspey |1.04 |0.94 |1.85 | (0.02) |1.59 | (0.13) | (0.85) |2.94 |3.26 |4.67 |1.69 Caithness |2.08 |0.90 |1.04 |1.15 |1.71 |1.52 |1.75 |2.38 |2.40 |2.53 |2.72 Inverness |0.74 |1.91 |0.83 |1.94 |1.95 |2.35 |1.33 |2.77 |2.70 |2.03 |1.10 Lochaber |0.92 |0.70 |1.31 |1.74 |1.11 |1.95 |2.08 |2.52 |2.82 |3.33 |2.27 Nairn |0.92 |1.38 |1.15 |1.11 |1.63 |1.86 |0.06 |4.61 |2.96 |0.31 |3.48 Ross and Cromarty |1.24 |0.74 |1.99 |1.13 |1.65 |2.09 |1.70 |3.79 |3.54 |2.36 |0.91 Skye and Lochalsh |1.94 |1.89 |1.97 |0.24 |0.93 |1.14 |2.21 |3.60 |4.71 |2.04 |0.68 Sutherland |1.06 |0.97 |1.37 |0.26 |1.37 |1.46 |2.43 |3.25 |4.53 |2.62 |2.37 East Lothian |0.86 |1.29 |0.97 |1.35 |1.57 |1.60 |2.11 |2.13 |0.52 |0.36 |0.59 Edinburgh |1.25 | (0.18) |0.03 |1.84 |1.93 |4.12 |3.52 |4.31 |1.43 |1.60 |3.27 Midlothian |0.87 |1.07 |0.92 |0.96 |1.01 |1.09 | (0.00) |0.11 |0.21 |2.00 |1.09 West Lothian |0.50 |0.80 |0.85 |0.90 |1.40 |1.80 |1.02 |1.07 |0.92 |1.55 |2.61 Argyll and Bute | (0.15) |2.03 | (0.01) |0.49 |1.56 |1.74 |2.35 |1.92 |2.88 |3.09 |2.60 Bearsden and Milngavie |0.58 |0.72 |2.06 |2.35 |1.40 |1.74 |2.12 |2.61 |3.23 |0.94 | (0.15) Clydebank |1.00 |2.15 |2.85 |2.02 |1.94 |3.75 |2.81 |1.56 | (0.51) |1.46 |1.01 Clydesdale |1.01 |1.45 |0.87 |0.83 |1.75 |1.74 |1.36 |2.18 |1.30 |1.41 |1.21 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |0.49 |2.13 |2.01 |1.67 |1.50 |1.85 |1.35 |1.94 |0.91 |1.66 |0.13 Cumnock and Doon Valley |0.50 |0.72 |1.04 |1.46 |1.06 |1.66 |1.36 |2.60 |2.26 |1.79 |0.96 Cunninghame |0.01 |0.00 |1.65 |2.51 |1.78 |1.63 |1.93 |1.92 |1.85 |2.18 |2.17 Dumbarton |0.81 |0.01 |2.29 |2.93 |3.46 |3.08 |2.85 |1.77 |2.21 |1.93 |2.28 East Kilbride |1.01 |1.05 |2.06 |0.98 |0.93 |2.09 |2.06 |1.01 |1.74 |0.82 |5.80 Eastwood |0.50 |0.48 |0.44 |0.50 |1.46 |1.19 |1.49 |1.51 |2.96 |0.67 |0.66 Glasgow |0.01 |1.02 |1.96 |2.02 |2.55 |3.98 |2.86 |2.78 |1.85 |2.13 |0.71 Hamilton |0.70 |0.92 |1.85 |2.06 |0.79 |2.25 |1.47 |1.68 |2.20 |2.15 |1.61 Inverclyde |0.77 |2.21 |1.11 |0.92 |1.05 |2.48 |2.32 |2.27 |2.49 |2.01 |1.00 Kilmarnock and Loudoun |0.51 |1.01 |1.83 |1.43 |0.63 |1.74 |1.29 |1.88 |0.07 |1.38 |0.58 Kyle and Carrick |0.81 |1.76 |1.19 |1.01 |1.27 |0.91 |2.17 |1.49 |1.00 |5.06 |1.90 Monklands |0.00 |2.02 |2.35 |1.82 |1.45 |1.83 |1.47 |2.56 |0.86 |2.00 |1.71 Motherwell |1.00 |1.35 |1.20 |1.64 |0.93 |2.26 |1.31 |1.11 |1.33 |2.40 |2.08 Renfrew |0.48 |1.00 |1.69 |1.49 |0.92 |2.81 |1.97 |1.98 |1.77 |1.96 |1.47 Strathkelvin |0.88 |1.05 |2.57 |1.12 |1.93 |0.88 |1.33 |1.87 |1.55 |2.23 |2.30 Angus |0.97 |0.96 |1.11 |0.80 | (0.10) |1.28 |1.04 |1.07 | (0.11) |1.11 |0.94 Dundee |0.73 |1.02 |1.81 |1.98 |3.50 |4.08 |4.06 |2.96 |2.23 |1.62 |0.65 Perth and Kinross | (0.00) |1.16 |1.00 |0.95 |0.75 |1.21 |2.33 |1.61 |2.34 |0.82 |1.00 Orkney Islands |0.88 |2.16 |1.33 |1.50 |1.07 |3.34 |2.21 |3.00 |2.38 | (0.40) |1.94 Shetland Islands | (0.05) |2.91 |1.53 |0.96 |2.28 |0.87 |1.61 |4.34 |3.87 |0.87 |1.30 Western Isles |1.84 |0.59 |1.02 |1.03 |1.44 |0.75 |2.75 |6.57 |1.85 |2.49 |0.81 Scotland |0.60 |1.09 |1.44 |1.59 |1.71 |2.53 |2.11 |2.19 |1.53 |1.86 |1.28 Scottish Special Housing Association/ Scottish Homes Annual average rent increase |1.10 |1.17 |1.56 |1.49 |1.74 |1.86 |2.93 |2.92 |2.41 |2.62 |2.07 Note: Rent reductions in brackets.
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