Scottish Local Government Finance 'Green Book' 2022-23

Scottish Local Government Finance Settlement 2022-23: Funding Allocation Formula.


School Transport

Settlement: 2022-23

Quantum: 55,618

Category: GAE

Note 1: includes £0.765m additional allocation for Seat Belts

Note 2: Population Data: National Records of Scotland (NRS) Mid-Year Estimates 2020

Note 3: Population Dispersion: This is a measure of the degree to which the population of an authority is spread across its area in relation to (main) settlements. Main settlements are defined for this purpose generally as being those of 7,000 or more. The disperion indicator is then calculated as the sum of the distances for the relevent population (here it is pupils) outwith those main settlements to travel to the nearest main settlement.

Note 4: Percentage weightings are determined using regression, comparing the variables with latest spend data.

indicators Pupils aged 5-15 Effect 1 (£000s) Pupil dispersion Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 24,355 1,510 7,307 33 3% 1,543
Aberdeenshire 34,908 2,165 443,332 1,978 7% 4,143
Angus 13,685 849 46,529 208 2% 1,056
Argyll & Bute 9,241 573 290,167 1,294 3% 1,868
City of Edinburgh 55,378 3,434 5,538 25 6% 3,459
Clackmannanshire 6,398 397 16,635 74 1% 471
Dumfries & Galloway 16,821 1,043 265,772 1,186 4% 2,229
Dundee City 16,748 1,039 0 0 2% 1,039
East Ayrshire 14,800 918 74,000 330 2% 1,248
East Dunbartonshire 14,088 874 11,270 50 2% 924
East Lothian 14,133 876 45,226 202 2% 1,078
East Renfrewshire 14,614 906 18,998 85 2% 991
Falkirk 20,163 1,250 16,130 72 2% 1,322
Fife 46,279 2,870 148,093 661 6% 3,531
Glasgow City 68,577 4,253 0 0 8% 4,253
Highland 28,009 1,737 792,655 3,536 9% 5,273
Inverclyde 9,040 561 14,464 65 1% 625
Midlothian 12,406 769 24,812 111 2% 880
Moray 11,670 724 81,690 364 2% 1,088
Na h-Eileanan Siar 3,029 188 156,599 699 2% 886
North Ayrshire 16,232 1,007 40,580 181 2% 1,188
North Lanarkshire 44,519 2,761 57,875 258 5% 3,019
Orkney Islands 2,593 161 38,895 174 1% 334
Perth & Kinross 17,693 1,097 185,777 829 3% 1,926
Renfrewshire 21,319 1,322 29,847 133 3% 1,455
Scottish Borders 13,677 848 243,451 1,086 3% 1,934
Shetland Islands 3,028 188 67,222 300 1% 488
South Ayrshire 12,663 785 75,978 339 2% 1,124
South Lanarkshire 39,170 2,429 70,506 315 5% 2,744
Stirling 11,081 687 86,432 386 2% 1,073
West Dunbartonshire 11,084 687 1,108 5 1% 692
West Lothian 25,576 1,586 33,249 148 3% 1,734
Total 652,977 40,494 3,390,134 15,124 100% 55,618
weights 72.8% 27.2%

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