- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in each local authority area received rates relief of (a) 100%, (b) 50% and (c) 25% under the small business bonus scheme in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
Answer
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in each local authority area are eligible for rates relief of (a) 100%, (b) 50% and (c) 25% under the small business bonus scheme in 2010-11.
Answer
Latest figures show that 74,000 business properties in Scotland received a discount on their bill through Small Business Bonus, and 64,000 of those paid no rates at all.
However, there are a number of properties which are eligible, but have not claimed. In the coming weeks, the Scottish Government will write to businesses to encourage those who are eligible for the scheme, but have not yet claimed, to apply for the relief under the Small Business Bonus Scheme.
Figures on actual take-up for 2010-11 will be published later in 2011, which will include a breakdown by local authority area.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many rates revaluation appeals since 1 April 2010 have been concluded and how many have been successful.
Answer
Businesses have until 30 September to lodge an appeal against the rateable value determined by the assessor at the 2010 revaluation and final numbers of appeals will not be known until after that date.
As at 30 June 2010, 9,744 appeals had been lodged and 95 had been settled. As a result of successful appeals the rateable values of those properties were reduced by £0.8 million.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in each local authority area were eligible for rates relief of (a) 100%, (b) 50% and (c) 25% under the small business bonus scheme in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
Answer
An estimate of the number of properties eligible for Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) in each local authority area for 2009-10 is shown in the following table. Equivalent data for 2008-09 is not held centrally.
The Scheme has been widely promoted and it is estimated that 85% of eligible small properties now benefit from relief. The Scottish Government is aware that a number of businesses eligible for SBBS have not yet applied for the scheme and efforts will continue to encourage take-up among that group.
Estimated Number of Properties Eligible for Relief
| Aberdeen City | 3,536 |
| Aberdeenshire | 6,855 |
| Angus | 3,298 |
| Argyll and Bute | 5,755 |
| Clackmannanshire | 848 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 6,368 |
| Dundee City | 3,026 |
| East Ayrshire | 2,377 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,350 |
| East Lothian | 2,261 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1,004 |
| Edinburgh, City Of | 8,861 |
| Eilean Siar | 1,715 |
| Falkirk | 2,568 |
| Fife | 7,759 |
| Glasgow City | 12,736 |
| Highland | 12,161 |
| Inverclyde | 1,414 |
| Midlothian | 1,640 |
| Moray | 3,337 |
| North Ayrshire | 3,228 |
| North Lanarkshire | 5,265 |
| Orkney Islands | 1,596 |
| Perth and Kinross | 5,199 |
| Renfrewshire | 3,564 |
| Scottish Borders | 5,084 |
| Shetland Islands | 1,293 |
| South Ayrshire | 2,999 |
| South Lanarkshire | 5,353 |
| Stirling | 2,896 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1,544 |
| West Lothian | 2,883 |
| Scotland | 129,773 |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in each local authority area it expects to receive rates relief of (a) 100%, (b) 50% and (c) 25% under the small business bonus scheme in 2010-11.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35882 on 7 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses have appealed their business rate revaluation since 1 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35877 on 7 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses appealed their business rate valuation in each year since 2005-06.
Answer
In total 57,752 appeals were lodged in relation to rateable values for business properties following the 2005 business rates revaluation (covering the period between then and the latest 2010 revaluation).
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the rateable value is of properties subject to non-domestic rates in each local authority area
Answer
Data on total rateable values in each local authority area is published on the Scottish Assessors website at www.saa.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total non-domestic rates payable were in each local authority area as of 1 April 2010
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36251 on 7 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the non-domestic rates income was of each local authority in 2009-10
Answer
The following table shows the amount of business rates income distributed in 2009-2010 broken down by local authority.
The Scottish Government guarantees each local authority a combination of distributable business rates plus general revenue grant. The total amount to be funded is calculated on the basis of assessed need in each local authority area. The amount of business rates raised locally therefore has no effect on the total guaranteed funding.
Business Rate Income Distributed 2009-10
| | 2009-10 |
| Local Authority | £ Million |
| Aberdeen City | 88.1 |
| Aberdeenshire | 100.7 |
| Angus | 46.2 |
| Argyll and Bute | 38.4 |
| Clackmannanshire | 21.0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 62.4 |
| Dundee City | 59.8 |
| East Ayrshire | 50.3 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 44.1 |
| East Lothian | 39.7 |
| East Renfrewshire | 37.6 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 197.0 |
| Eilean Siar | 11.1 |
| Falkirk | 63.4 |
| Fife | 151.7 |
| Glasgow City | 244.9 |
| Highland | 91.5 |
| Inverclyde | 34.1 |
| Midlothian | 33.5 |
| Moray | 36.6 |
| North Ayrshire | 57.1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 136.7 |
| Orkney | 8.4 |
| Perth and Kinross | 59.8 |
| Renfrewshire | 71.4 |
| Scottish Borders | 46.9 |
| Shetland | 9.2 |
| South Ayrshire | 47.0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 130.3 |
| Stirling | 37.1 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 38.3 |
| West Lothian | 70.6 |
Note: The figures above are taken from the relevant annual local government finance circular issued by the Scottish Government.
