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Written Question · S2W-22434 · Session 2

What level of debt (a) in total and (b) on average people using the Debt Arrangement Scheme have had since it came into force, broken down …

Answered Asked by Kenny MacAskill SNP Lodged 18 Jan 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of debt (a) in total and (b) on average people using the Debt Arrangement Scheme have had since it came into force, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Allan Wilson on 27 Jan 2006 · 9 days after it was lodged, on time

The total debt covered by the Debt Arrangement Scheme is £1,039,947.83. The table outlines total debt and average debt broken down by local authority.
Authority
| Average
| Total

Argyle and Bute
| £9,272.10
| £18,544.20

Dumfries and Galloway
| £8,880.55
| £150,969.44

Eat Renfrewshire
| £29,793.24
| £119,172.98

Edinburgh City
| £7,291.83
| £14,583.66

Fife
| £21,603.25
| £43,206.50

Glasgow City
| £6,869.68
| £13,739.37

Moray
| £19,736.00
| £19,736.00

North Ayrshire
| £41,526.83
| £83,053.66

North Lanarkshire
| £6,556.16
| £576,942.02

Scotland
| £8,666.23
| £1,039,947.83


Figures correct at 24 January 2006.

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