Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

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


Winter Maintenance

Quantum (£000s): 65,032

Category: GAE

Note 1: Road Length and Parking Data: Annual Return to Transport Scotland 2022

Note 2: Kms of LA road length (April 2022) multiplied by number of lanes, and weighted (Principal Road x 1.0, Non Principal Road x 0.5, Peat roads x 1.0). A weighting of 0.442 is applied to lane length available for parking. Includes road built on peat.

Note 3: Road usage statistics, excludes trunk roads. Usage data from Transport Scotland 2017-2019.

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

Winter Maintenance
indicators Weighted Lane-length Effect 1 (£000s) Road usage (unweighted) Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 1,203 757 1,119 898 3% 1,654
Aberdeenshire 6,984 4,392 2,289 1,837 10% 6,228
Angus 2,048 1,288 808 648 3% 1,936
Argyll & Bute 3,258 2,049 544 437 4% 2,485
City of Edinburgh 1,635 1,028 2,118 1,699 4% 2,727
Clackmannanshire 354 222 320 257 1% 479
Dumfries & Galloway 5,262 3,309 790 634 6% 3,943
Dundee City 629 396 647 519 1% 915
East Ayrshire 1,358 854 764 613 2% 1,467
East Dunbartonshire 591 372 556 446 1% 818
East Lothian 1,263 794 607 487 2% 1,281
East Renfrewshire 542 341 514 412 1% 753
Falkirk 1,109 698 989 793 2% 1,491
Fife 2,812 1,768 2,092 1,679 5% 3,447
Glasgow City 2,103 1,323 1,942 1,559 4% 2,881
Highland 9,434 5,932 1,231 988 11% 6,920
Inverclyde 397 249 412 330 1% 580
Midlothian 825 519 577 463 2% 981
Moray 1,794 1,128 515 414 2% 1,542
Na h-Eileanan Siar 2,155 1,355 234 188 2% 1,542
North Ayrshire 1,150 723 486 390 2% 1,113
North Lanarkshire 1,870 1,176 1,989 1,596 4% 2,772
Orkney Islands 1,369 861 154 124 2% 984
Perth & Kinross 2,963 1,863 982 788 4% 2,651
Renfrewshire 987 621 800 642 2% 1,263
Scottish Borders 3,627 2,281 901 723 5% 3,004
Shetland Islands 1,499 942 230 184 2% 1,127
South Ayrshire 1,346 847 622 499 2% 1,346
South Lanarkshire 2,651 1,667 1,309 1,050 4% 2,717
Stirling 1,547 972 792 635 2% 1,608
West Dunbartonshire 447 281 433 347 1% 628
West Lothian 1,276 802 1,176 944 3% 1,746
Total 66,489 41,809 28,940 23,223 100% 65,032
weights 64.3% 35.7%

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