Question reference: S5W-23996
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 June 2019
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 July 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what savings have been made by nurseries in (a) East Kilbride, (b) the South Lanarkshire Council area and (c) nationally since the Non-Domestic Rates (Day Nursery Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 came into force.
Answer
Data below local authority level is not held centrally. The following table sets out the most up to date information on the amount of nursery relief that was awarded in South Lanarkshire and Scotland in 2018-19, based on the latest non-domestic rates income returns. These figures will be finalised once Scottish Government receives the Audited Local Authority Income returns for 2018-19 in the autumn of 2019.
Nursery relief (£000s) | 2018-19 |
(Provisional Outturn) | |
South Lanarkshire | 518 |
Scotland | 8,943 |
Source: Local Authority Non-Domestic Rates Income Mid-Year Estimates.