The Funding of Local Government in Scotland, 2023-2024

Overview of the calculation of funding for local government, 2023-24.


Summary of the data used to distribute the 2023-24 settlement

Illustration showing the amounts distributed on different indicators (more detailed categories).

Total population £429m

Age-based subsets of population £1.84bn

Population adjusted for visitors £640m

Urban pop £24m

Rural pop £180m

Total pupil numbers £1.05bn

Subsets of pupil numbers £2.94bn

Other school data £602m

Deprivation (DWP data) £1.05bn

Deprivation (SIMD data) £391m

Deprivation (other data) £702m

Homelessness data £207m

Number of dwellings £136m

Road usage £201m

Road-length data £194m

Children in lone parent households £171m

Elderly mortality, morbidity and living alone £1.50bn

Loan and contract costs £607m

Other data £537m

Historical allocations £83m

SG allocation, calculation or bid process £997m

Flat rate £32m

For other organisations £22m

Contact

Email: gaestatistics@gov.scot

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