Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

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


Consumer Protection

Quantum (£000s): 18,347

Category: GAE

Note 1: includes £423,000 Trading Standards redetermination

Note 2: Population Data: National Records of Scotland (NRS) Mid-Year Estimates 2021.

Note 3: 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. Perecentages multiplied by latest population estimates.

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

Consumer Protection
indicators Total population Effect 1 (£000s) Rural population Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 227,430 666 3,405 14 4% 679
Aberdeenshire 262,690 769 89,787 356 6% 1,125
Angus 116,120 340 26,089 103 2% 443
Argyll & Bute 86,220 252 29,306 116 2% 369
City of Edinburgh 526,470 1,541 2,283 9 8% 1,550
Clackmannanshire 51,540 151 1,719 7 1% 158
Dumfries & Galloway 148,790 435 53,306 211 4% 647
Dundee City 147,720 432 264 1 2% 433
East Ayrshire 122,020 357 9,522 38 2% 395
East Dunbartonshire 108,900 319 2,340 9 2% 328
East Lothian 109,580 321 12,104 48 2% 369
East Renfrewshire 96,580 283 2,237 9 2% 291
Falkirk 160,700 470 6,643 26 3% 497
Fife 374,730 1,097 26,596 105 7% 1,202
Glasgow City 635,130 1,859 879 3 10% 1,862
Highland 238,060 697 87,088 345 6% 1,042
Inverclyde 76,700 224 1,417 6 1% 230
Midlothian 94,680 277 6,629 26 2% 303
Moray 96,410 282 21,571 86 2% 368
Na h-Eileanan Siar 26,640 78 19,480 77 1% 155
North Ayrshire 134,220 393 7,891 31 2% 424
North Lanarkshire 341,400 999 5,759 23 6% 1,022
Orkney Islands 22,540 66 13,246 53 1% 118
Perth & Kinross 153,810 450 38,533 153 3% 603
Renfrewshire 179,940 527 3,440 14 3% 540
Scottish Borders 116,020 340 37,376 148 3% 488
Shetland Islands 22,940 67 14,895 59 1% 126
South Ayrshire 112,450 329 11,772 47 2% 376
South Lanarkshire 322,630 944 22,852 91 6% 1,035
Stirling 93,470 274 15,071 60 2% 333
West Dunbartonshire 87,790 257 1,073 4 1% 261
West Lothian 185,580 543 8,171 32 3% 575
Total 5,479,900 16,035 582,743 2,312 100% 18,347
weights 87.4% 12.6%

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