Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

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


Miscellaneous Services

Quantum (£000s): 66,639

Category: GAE

Note 1: includes £4.992m transferred from Residual FE Travel & Burseries GAE and £12.429m from merging with Supporting People GAE

Note 2: Population Data: National Records of Scotland (NRS) Mid-Year Estimates 2021. Island population: NRS Mid-Year Estimates 2021 for the three island local authorities and North Ayrshire, a 2021-based best-estimate for Argyle & Bute, and 2011 Census data for Highland. Excludes islands connected to the mainland by a bridge. Includes peninsula communities not connected by road.

Note 3: Mainland/Island Component shares are generally kept constant, but were adjusted in 2022-23 to account for the inclusion of island populations in mainland authorities.

Miscellaneous Services
indicators Mainland population Effect 1 (£000s) Island population Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 227,430 2,707 0 0 4% 2,707
Aberdeenshire 262,690 3,127 0 0 5% 3,127
Angus 116,120 1,382 0 0 2% 1,382
Argyll & Bute 72,226 860 13,994 380 2% 1,240
City of Edinburgh 526,470 6,267 0 0 9% 6,267
Clackmannanshire 51,540 613 0 0 1% 613
Dumfries & Galloway 148,790 1,771 0 0 3% 1,771
Dundee City 147,720 1,758 0 0 3% 1,758
East Ayrshire 122,020 1,452 0 0 2% 1,452
East Dunbartonshire 108,900 1,296 0 0 2% 1,296
East Lothian 109,580 1,304 0 0 2% 1,304
East Renfrewshire 96,580 1,150 0 0 2% 1,150
Falkirk 160,700 1,913 0 0 3% 1,913
Fife 374,730 4,460 0 0 7% 4,460
Glasgow City 635,130 7,560 0 0 11% 7,560
Highland 237,483 2,827 577 16 4% 2,842
Inverclyde 76,700 913 0 0 1% 913
Midlothian 94,680 1,127 0 0 2% 1,127
Moray 96,410 1,148 0 0 2% 1,148
Na h-Eileanan Siar 0 0 26,640 723 1% 723
North Ayrshire 128,297 1,527 5,923 161 3% 1,688
North Lanarkshire 341,400 4,064 0 0 6% 4,064
Orkney Islands 0 0 22,540 612 1% 612
Perth & Kinross 153,810 1,831 0 0 3% 1,831
Renfrewshire 179,940 2,142 0 0 3% 2,142
Scottish Borders 116,020 1,381 0 0 2% 1,381
Shetland Islands 0 0 22,940 623 1% 623
South Ayrshire 112,450 1,338 0 0 2% 1,338
South Lanarkshire 322,630 3,840 0 0 6% 3,840
Stirling 93,470 1,113 0 0 2% 1,113
West Dunbartonshire 87,790 1,045 0 0 2% 1,045
West Lothian 185,580 2,209 0 0 3% 2,209
Total 5,387,286 64,124 92,614 2,515 100% 66,639
weights 96.2% 3.8%

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