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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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Supporting People

Quantum (£000s): 383,620

Category: Former ring-fenced grant

Note 1: Population Data: National Records of Scotland (NRS) Mid-Year Estimates 2021

Note 2: Disability allowance recipients: DWP data, 2022

Note 3: Number of applications to local authorities under the homeless persons legislation that were assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2021-22 average. Source: Scottish Government Housing Statistics Branch (HL1 return)

Note 4: population in 15% most deprived datazones: SIMD 2020

Supporting People
indicators population aged 65+ Effect 1 (£000s) number receiving disability allowance Effect 2 (£000s) homelessness cases Effect 3 (£000s) population in lowest 15% of datazones in SIMD Effect 4 (£000s) Share distribution (£000s)
Aberdeen City 37,341 4,002 12,966 2,231 1,223 4,668 10,959 1,061 3% 11,963
Aberdeenshire 53,617 5,746 13,200 2,271 927 3,540 4,548 441 3% 11,998
Angus 28,464 3,050 8,523 1,466 484 1,847 4,568 442 2% 6,807
Argyll & Bute 22,777 2,441 6,269 1,079 341 1,302 6,252 606 1% 5,427
City of Edinburgh 81,277 8,710 28,711 4,940 2,992 11,419 39,158 3,793 8% 28,863
Clackmannanshire 10,718 1,149 4,799 826 445 1,697 9,567 927 1% 4,598
Dumfries & Galloway 39,562 4,240 13,373 2,301 747 2,853 9,909 960 3% 10,353
Dundee City 26,243 2,812 14,349 2,469 1,017 3,881 46,102 4,465 4% 13,627
East Ayrshire 25,574 2,741 11,662 2,007 664 2,533 26,085 2,527 3% 9,807
East Dunbartonshire 25,065 2,686 6,598 1,135 304 1,160 3,640 353 1% 5,334
East Lothian 22,865 2,450 6,972 1,200 606 2,312 1,973 191 2% 6,153
East Renfrewshire 19,846 2,127 5,627 968 294 1,123 2,787 270 1% 4,489
Falkirk 31,115 3,335 13,573 2,335 907 3,461 15,566 1,508 3% 10,638
Fife 79,415 8,511 30,030 5,167 2,082 7,947 57,111 5,532 7% 27,157
Glasgow City 86,604 9,281 69,852 12,019 5,215 19,907 236,380 22,895 17% 64,103
Highland 55,224 5,918 16,194 2,786 1,131 4,318 15,558 1,507 4% 14,530
Inverclyde 16,721 1,792 9,071 1,561 196 747 27,652 2,678 2% 6,778
Midlothian 17,867 1,915 7,727 1,329 434 1,655 3,607 349 1% 5,249
Moray 21,534 2,308 5,872 1,010 382 1,458 675 65 1% 4,842
Na h-Eileanan Siar 7,072 758 1,951 336 121 463 0 0 0% 1,557
North Ayrshire 31,294 3,354 13,854 2,384 888 3,388 37,494 3,632 3% 12,757
North Lanarkshire 60,616 6,496 36,475 6,276 1,716 6,551 78,679 7,621 7% 26,944
Orkney Islands 5,540 594 1,359 234 102 388 0 0 0% 1,216
Perth & Kinross 36,998 3,965 9,780 1,683 655 2,500 5,694 552 2% 8,700
Renfrewshire 34,585 3,706 16,394 2,821 716 2,732 37,084 3,592 3% 12,851
Scottish Borders 29,655 3,178 7,065 1,216 611 2,332 5,631 545 2% 7,271
Shetland Islands 4,924 528 1,248 215 88 336 0 0 0% 1,078
South Ayrshire 29,362 3,147 9,420 1,621 671 2,561 13,635 1,321 2% 8,649
South Lanarkshire 64,500 6,912 30,549 5,256 1,662 6,345 42,683 4,134 6% 22,648
Stirling 18,791 2,014 5,966 1,026 501 1,912 6,621 641 1% 5,594
West Dunbartonshire 17,142 1,837 10,017 1,724 946 3,611 27,876 2,700 3% 9,872
West Lothian 31,553 3,382 16,473 2,834 1,083 4,135 14,632 1,417 3% 11,768
Total 1,073,861 115,086 445,919 76,724 30,150 115,086 792,126 76,724 100% 383,620
weights 30.0% 20.0% 30.0% 20.0%

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