Question reference: S5W-36233
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 12 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in Dundee have received 100% non-domestic rates relief in each year since 2006, also broken down by (a) area and (b) estimated total amount of rates relief.
Answer
The following tables show the number of properties receiving 100% non-domestic rates relief in the Dundee City Council area in each year for which data is available, broken down by ward and the value of reliefs awarded to non-domestic properties in these wards. The data include all awards of 100% relief (either a single relief or a combination of reliefs summing to 100%), e.g. through the Small Business Bonus Scheme; charitable rates relief; empty property relief; retail, hospitality, leisure and aviation relief, etc.
Note that the following figures relate to numbers of properties, rather than businesses, as one business can occupy multiple properties.
Data for years between 2006-07 and 2011-12, and for 2017-18, is not available.
Note also that ward level data is not available for all local authority areas; this is dependent on the data available on the valuation roll for each area.
Table 1: Number of properties receiving 100% rates relief in Dundee, by ward and year
Ward | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
Strathmartine | 110 | 120 | 130 | 120 | 180 | 190 | 240 |
Lochee | 210 | 250 | 240 | 230 | 300 | 300 | 420 |
West End | 550 | 700 | 650 | 640 | 770 | 790 | 910 |
Coldside | 400 | 480 | 500 | 490 | 560 | 560 | 640 |
Maryfield | 580 | 680 | 700 | 690 | 760 | 780 | 1,180 |
East End | 60 | 60 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 90 |
The Ferry | 110 | 130 | 130 | 120 | 130 | 140 | 190 |
North East | 240 | 260 | 270 | 260 | 320 | 330 | 460 |
Unknown | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All | 2,250 | 2,670 | 2,670 | 2,610 | 3,100 | 3,160 | 4,120 |
Source: Scottish Assessors' Valuation Roll and Local Authority billing information.
Reliefs data as at: 17 May 2012, 1 October 2013 and 2015, 5 October 2016, 1 June 2018, 31 May 2019, 1 July 2020.
Figures represent situation as at snapshot date and is likely to have changed throughout each year. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Values marked "-" represent a true 0, and values marked as "0" represent values which are greater than zero but lower than 5.
"Unknown" ward refers to Valuation Roll entries which may not directly correspond to a single ward, e.g. cumulative entries or shooting rights.
Table 2: Value of reliefs awarded to properties receiving 100% rates relief in Dundee, by ward and year (£thousands)
Ward | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
Strathmartine | 1,045 | 1,074 | 1,296 | 1,229 | 1,437 | 1,244 | 3,437 |
Lochee | 2,304 | 2,214 | 1,757 | 1,476 | 2,223 | 2,695 | 11,293 |
West End | 2,692 | 3,065 | 3,824 | 3,217 | 3,826 | 4,197 | 7,519 |
Coldside | 1,624 | 1,673 | 1,769 | 1,726 | 2,144 | 2,392 | 3,058 |
Maryfield | 4,331 | 4,218 | 5,153 | 5,060 | 5,061 | 7,190 | 19,381 |
East End | 636 | 656 | 628 | 427 | 569 | 968 | 839 |
The Ferry | 635 | 982 | 972 | 825 | 897 | 1,001 | 4,755 |
North East | 1,371 | 1,388 | 1,451 | 1,289 | 1,615 | 1,634 | 4,292 |
Unknown | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
All | 14,639 | 15,270 | 16,851 | 15,249 | 17,773 | 21,322 | 54,575 |
Source: Scottish Assessors' Valuation Roll and Local Authority billing information.
Reliefs data as at: 17 May 2012, 1 October 2013 and 2015, 5 October 2016, 1 June 2018, 31 May 2019, 1 July 2020.
Figures represent situation as at snapshot date and is likely to underestimate the value of reliefs awarded throughout the year.
"Unknown" ward refers to Valuation Roll entries which may not directly correspond to a single ward, e.g. cumulative entries or shooting rights.