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Table 3
Summary information by local authority
Area | Number of dwellings on the council tax register as at 6/9/05 1 | Estimated number of recipients of housing benefit 2 | Local authority dwellings 3 |
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Near actual number estimated as at 30/9/05 | Estimated average weekly standard rent (£)
2005-06 4 |
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SCOTLAND | 2,398,470 | 441,100 | 363,796 | 45 |
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Aberdeen City | 107,670 | 15,500 | 24,460 | 45 |
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Aberdeenshire | 102,864 | 10,200 | 13,963 | 43 |
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Angus | 51,989 | 7,700 | 8,396 | 39 |
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Argyll & Bute | 45,512 | 5,800 | 5,628 | 46 |
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Clackmannanshire | 22,443 | 4,600 | 5,382 | 42 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 69,880 | 10,600 | na | na |
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Dundee City | 71,790 | 18,200 | 15,638 | 47 |
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East Ayrshire | 53,842 | 12,200 | 14,373 | 43 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 43,405 | 3,900 | 3,993 | 47 |
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East Lothian | 41,441 | 5,900 | 8,184 | 37 |
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East Renfrewshire | 36,728 | 3,400 | 3,537 | 44 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 223,693 | 33,700 | 23,858 | 51 |
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Eilean Siar | 13,676 | 1,300 | 1,826 | 47 |
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Falkirk | 68,295 | 12,500 | 17,696 | 44 |
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Fife | 163,313 | 26,700 | 33,005 | 44 |
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Glasgow City | 294,819 | 92,000 | na | na |
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Highland | 105,628 | 13,500 | 14,183 | 50 |
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Inverclyde | 39,376 | 9,500 | 8,406 | 55 |
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Midlothian | 33,795 | 5,000 | 6,221 | 37 |
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Moray | 40,179 | 4,700 | 6,300 | 36 |
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North Ayrshire | 64,130 | 14,000 | 14,552 | 41 |
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North Lanarkshire | 142,679 | 33,100 | 39,933 | 44 |
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Orkney | 9,642 | 800 | 778 | 41 |
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Perth & Kinross | 65,608 | 7,600 | 8,200 | 40 |
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Renfrewshire | 80,632 | 16,500 | 14,400 | 51 |
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Scottish Borders, The | 53,252 | 7,200 | na | na |
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Shetland | 10,157 | 1,000 | 1,913 | 52 |
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South Ayrshire | 52,391 | 8,700 | 9,166 | 41 |
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South Lanarkshire | 136,862 | 25,300 | 28,057 | 45 |
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Stirling | 38,198 | 5,200 | 6,146 | 44 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 43,827 | 11,700 | 12,225 | 44 |
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West Lothian | 70,754 | 13,100 | 13,377 | 48 |
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1. Source: Information supplied by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Financial and Central Services Department Analytical Services Division: Local Government Finance on CTAXBASE statistical return. Excludes free-standing lock-ups/garages.
2. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System.
Figures shown are averages of quarterly 100% caseload stock counts taken in February, May, August and November 2005, and are rounded to the nearest hundred. Figures refer to a benefit unit, which may be a single person or a couple, and exclude extended payment cases. Figures for any non-responding authority, or for an authority which was unable to provide accurate information, have been estimated based on historical and regional data.
3. Source: Housing Revenue Account return from local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department.
Following housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders councils are not included in the Scotland totals.
4. Average weekly rent is calculated by dividing the estimated housing revenue from 1 April 2005 -31 March 2006 by the estimated housing stock at the mid point of the financial year (30 September 2005).
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