What the total revenue from business rates will be in each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11 if the plans outlined on page 12 of Scottish Budget…

The total revenuefrom business rates in each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11 is projected to be as follows,assuming implementation of the plans for the Small Business Bonus Scheme at thepercentage levels set out in the table included on page 12 of the ScottishBudget: Spending Review 2007:

£ Million
| 2007-08
| 2008-09
| 2009-10
| 2010-11

Non-Domestic Rates
| 1,859.2
| 1,962.8
| 2,019.1
| 2,014.0

Notes:
1. The non-domesticrates figures are estimates and are stated net of the projected cost of allrates reliefs, including the Small Business Bonus Scheme in 2008-11. Firmerfigures for each year will be confirmed when the poundage rates are available.
2. These figuresare taken from the table in Chapter 27: Local Government of the ScottishBudget: Spending Review 2007 (page 142), after deduction of Other AME Grants of £8 million annually.
3.The ScottishBudget: Spending Review 2007 is available at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/0.