Question reference: S5W-00698
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 13 June 2016
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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