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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S5W-00698

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: 13 June 2016
  • Current status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 June 2016

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many commercial properties the doubling of the large business rates supplement will apply to, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) industry sector.


Answer

Data by industry sector is not held. However, the number of properties the large business supplement is estimated to apply to in respect of 2016-17, by local authority area and by property classification type, are as follows.

(a) by local authority area

Local Authority Area

Number of Properties

Aberdeen City

2,324

Aberdeenshire

1,107

Angus

405

Argyll and Bute

349

Clackmannanshire

144

Dumfries and Galloway

552

Dundee City

944

East Ayrshire

415

East Dunbartonshire

302

East Lothian

325

East Renfrewshire

225

Edinburgh, City of

3,910

Eilean Siar

117

Falkirk

676

Fife

1,618

Glasgow City

4,740

Highland

1,396

Inverclyde

303

Midlothian

369

Moray

364

North Ayrshire

500

North Lanarkshire

1,548

Orkney Islands

96

Perth and Kinross

720

Renfrewshire

963

Scottish Borders

421

Shetland Islands

146

Local Authority Area

Number of Properties

South Ayrshire

564

South Lanarkshire

1,476

Stirling

571

West Dunbartonshire

415

West Lothian

1,114

All Scotland

29,119

(b) by property type

Property Type

Number of Properties

Advertising

20

Care Facilities

986

Communications

90

Cultural

198

Education and Training

2,401

Garages and Petrol Stations

447

Health and Medical

756

Hotels

960

Industrial Subjects

6,082

Leisure, Entertainment, Caravans etc.

1,213

Not in Use

1

Offices

5,192

Other

342

Petrochemical

79

Public Houses

851

Public Service

1,251

Quarries, Mines, etc.

123

Religious

233

Shops

7,507

Sporting

59

Statutory Undertaking (utility)

328

All types

29,119

Based on number of properties on valuation roll as at 1 April 2016