Scottish Local Government Finance 'Green Book' 2022-23

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


Land Access

Settlement: 2022-23

Quantum: 8,100

Category: GAE

Note 1: Off Road Paths (length in metres): Scottish National Heritage, Scottish Path Records, 2006 data.

Note 2: Population: uses NRS MYE 2020 and Census 2011 data. Population is calculated by applying the 2011 proportion of population not living in a national park to MYE 2020 population for each authority.

Note 3: There is a 50:50 split between population and total length of off -road paths (excluding national parks), adjusted to ensure a minimum allocation of £70,000.

indicators Population excluding National Parks Effect 1 (£000s) Total length of off-road paths (excl national parks) Effect 2 (£000s) Adjustment for minimum Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 229,060 170 825,590 43 0 3% 213
Aberdeenshire 257,337 191 7,234,234 374 0 7% 565
Angus 115,820 86 2,995,971 155 0 3% 241
Argyll & Bute 82,580 61 4,069,149 210 0 3% 272
City of Edinburgh 527,620 392 1,078,396 56 0 6% 448
Clackmannanshire 51,290 38 547,285 28 3.6 1% 70
Dumfries & Galloway 148,290 110 5,765,542 298 0 5% 408
Dundee City 148,820 111 487,684 25 0 2% 136
East Ayrshire 121,600 90 1,366,522 71 0 2% 161
East Dunbartonshire 108,750 81 644,829 33 0 1% 114
East Lothian 107,900 80 1,556,552 81 0 2% 161
East Renfrewshire 96,060 71 358,766 19 0 1% 90
Falkirk 160,560 119 1,089,596 56 0 2% 176
Fife 374,130 278 3,578,179 185 0 6% 463
Glasgow City 635,640 472 1,372,424 71 0 7% 543
Highland 221,560 165 14,076,190 728 0 11% 893
Inverclyde 77,060 57 358,529 19 0 1% 76
Midlothian 93,150 69 770,946 40 0 1% 109
Moray 94,651 70 3,131,802 162 0 3% 232
Na h-Eileanan Siar 26,500 20 1,360,949 70 0 1% 90
North Ayrshire 134,250 100 1,329,411 69 0 2% 168
North Lanarkshire 341,140 253 2,048,928 106 0 4% 359
Orkney Islands 22,400 17 1,499,404 78 0 1% 94
Perth & Kinross 150,620 112 5,157,036 267 0 5% 379
Renfrewshire 179,390 133 843,908 44 0 2% 177
Scottish Borders 115,240 86 6,079,422 314 0 5% 400
Shetland Islands 22,870 17 962,564 50 3.2 1% 70
South Ayrshire 112,140 83 1,217,456 63 0 2% 146
South Lanarkshire 320,820 238 2,510,806 130 0 5% 368
Stirling 84,818 63 2,224,714 115 0 2% 178
West Dunbartonshire 85,338 63 491,833 25 0 1% 89
West Lothian 183,820 137 1,431,768 74 0 3% 211
Total 5,431,224 4,035 78,466,385 4,058 6.8 100% 8,100
weights 49.8% 50.1% 0.1%

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