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Publication - Statistics

Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

Published
1 March 2023
From
Chief Statistician
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate, +4 more … Public Spending Directorate, Children and Families Directorate, Early Learning and Childcare Directorate, Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Economy, Education, +6 more … Health and social care, Housing, Money and tax, Public sector, Scottish Budget, Transport
ISBN
9781805255369

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

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School Transport

Quantum (£000s): 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 2021

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.

School Transport
indicators Pupils aged 5-15 Effect 1 (£000s) Pupil dispersion Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 24,963 1,541 7,489 33 3% 1,575
Aberdeenshire 35,411 2,186 449,720 2,001 8% 4,187
Angus 13,605 840 46,257 206 2% 1,046
Argyll & Bute 9,178 567 288,189 1,282 3% 1,849
City of Edinburgh 55,959 3,455 5,596 25 6% 3,480
Clackmannanshire 6,454 399 16,780 75 1% 473
Dumfries & Galloway 16,749 1,034 264,634 1,177 4% 2,212
Dundee City 16,781 1,036 0 0 2% 1,036
East Ayrshire 14,927 922 74,635 332 2% 1,254
East Dunbartonshire 14,222 878 11,378 51 2% 929
East Lothian 14,341 885 45,891 204 2% 1,090
East Renfrewshire 14,839 916 19,291 86 2% 1,002
Falkirk 20,060 1,239 16,048 71 2% 1,310
Fife 46,380 2,864 148,416 660 6% 3,524
Glasgow City 69,116 4,268 0 0 8% 4,268
Highland 27,967 1,727 791,466 3,521 9% 5,248
Inverclyde 8,939 552 14,302 64 1% 616
Midlothian 12,741 787 25,482 113 2% 900
Moray 11,679 721 81,753 364 2% 1,085
Na h-Eileanan Siar 3,015 186 155,876 693 2% 880
North Ayrshire 16,115 995 40,288 179 2% 1,174
North Lanarkshire 44,414 2,742 57,738 257 5% 2,999
Orkney Islands 2,570 159 38,550 172 1% 330
Perth & Kinross 17,779 1,098 186,680 831 3% 1,928
Renfrewshire 21,244 1,312 29,742 132 3% 1,444
Scottish Borders 13,735 848 244,483 1,088 3% 1,936
Shetland Islands 3,037 188 67,421 300 1% 487
South Ayrshire 12,650 781 75,900 338 2% 1,119
South Lanarkshire 39,482 2,438 71,068 316 5% 2,754
Stirling 11,058 683 86,252 384 2% 1,067
West Dunbartonshire 11,048 682 1,105 5 1% 687
West Lothian 25,627 1,582 33,315 148 3% 1,731
Total 656,085 40,510 3,395,744 15,108 100% 55,618
weights 72.8% 27.2%

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