Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

Scottish Local Government Finance Settlement 2023-24: Funding Allocation Formula.


Environmental Health

Quantum (£000s): 68,149

Category: GAE

Note 1: Adjusted Population (NRS MYE 2021) in days/365. Adjusted for, in commuters and tourists. For calculation details see Supplementary Tables.

Note 2: Rural Settlement Pattern: Percentage of LA population living in settlements of less than 1,000 (Source: NRS Census day 2011 settlements). Settlements within 1km of each other are merged.

Note 3: Percentage weightings are determined using regression, comparing the variables with latest spend data.

Environmental Health
indicators Adjusted population Effect 1 (£000s) Rural population Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 246,953 2,763 3,698 19 4% 2,781
Aberdeenshire 269,322 3,013 92,054 465 5% 3,478
Angus 118,452 1,325 26,613 135 2% 1,460
Argyll & Bute 98,798 1,105 33,581 170 2% 1,275
City of Edinburgh 599,413 6,705 2,599 13 10% 6,719
Clackmannanshire 52,791 591 1,761 9 1% 599
Dumfries & Galloway 156,500 1,751 56,068 283 3% 2,034
Dundee City 156,164 1,747 279 1 3% 1,748
East Ayrshire 125,146 1,400 9,766 49 2% 1,449
East Dunbartonshire 111,489 1,247 2,396 12 2% 1,259
East Lothian 112,960 1,264 12,478 63 2% 1,327
East Renfrewshire 98,599 1,103 2,284 12 2% 1,115
Falkirk 165,106 1,847 6,825 35 3% 1,881
Fife 384,810 4,305 27,311 138 7% 4,443
Glasgow City 697,692 7,805 966 5 11% 7,810
Highland 266,368 2,980 97,443 493 5% 3,472
Inverclyde 78,705 880 1,454 7 1% 888
Midlothian 97,683 1,093 6,839 35 2% 1,127
Moray 98,896 1,106 22,127 112 2% 1,218
Na h-Eileanan Siar 30,480 341 22,288 113 1% 454
North Ayrshire 138,982 1,555 8,171 41 2% 1,596
North Lanarkshire 350,715 3,923 5,916 30 6% 3,953
Orkney Islands 24,597 275 14,455 73 1% 348
Perth & Kinross 163,753 1,832 41,024 207 3% 2,039
Renfrewshire 187,498 2,097 3,585 18 3% 2,116
Scottish Borders 120,129 1,344 38,699 196 2% 1,540
Shetland Islands 24,717 277 16,048 81 1% 358
South Ayrshire 120,577 1,349 12,623 64 2% 1,413
South Lanarkshire 331,421 3,707 23,475 119 6% 3,826
Stirling 101,911 1,140 16,432 83 2% 1,223
West Dunbartonshire 90,726 1,015 1,109 6 1% 1,021
West Lothian 190,978 2,136 8,408 43 3% 2,179
Total 5,812,335 65,021 618,775 3,128 100% 68,149
weights 95.4% 4.6%

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