Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

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


Land Access

Quantum (£000s): 8,100

Category: GAE

Note 1: Off Road Paths (length in metres): Scottish National Heritage, Scottish Path Records, 2006 data.

Note 2: Population: uses NRS MYE 2021 and Census 2011 data. Population is calculated by applying the 2011 proportion of population not living in a national park to MYE 2021 population for each authority.

Note 3: There is a 50:50 split between population and total length of off -road paths (excluding national parks), adjusted to ensure a minimum allocation of £70,000.

Land Access
indicators Population excluding National Parks Effect 1 (£000s) Total length of off-road paths (excl national parks) Effect 2 (£000s) Adjustment for minimum Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 227,430 169 825,590 43 0 3% 211
Aberdeenshire 259,222 192 7,234,234 374 0 7% 566
Angus 116,120 86 2,995,971 155 0 3% 241
Argyll & Bute 83,344 62 4,069,149 210 0 3% 272
City of Edinburgh 526,470 390 1,078,396 56 0 6% 446
Clackmannanshire 51,540 38 547,285 28 3.5 1% 70
Dumfries & Galloway 148,790 110 5,765,542 298 0 5% 408
Dundee City 147,720 109 487,684 25 0 2% 135
East Ayrshire 122,020 90 1,366,522 71 0 2% 161
East Dunbartonshire 108,900 81 644,829 33 0 1% 114
East Lothian 109,580 81 1,556,552 81 0 2% 162
East Renfrewshire 96,580 72 358,766 19 0 1% 90
Falkirk 160,700 119 1,089,596 56 0 2% 175
Fife 374,730 278 3,578,179 185 0 6% 463
Glasgow City 635,130 471 1,372,424 71 0 7% 542
Highland 224,035 166 14,076,190 728 0 11% 894
Inverclyde 76,700 57 358,529 19 0 1% 75
Midlothian 94,680 70 770,946 40 0 1% 110
Moray 95,344 71 3,131,802 162 0 3% 233
Na h-Eileanan Siar 26,640 20 1,360,949 70 0 1% 90
North Ayrshire 134,220 99 1,329,411 69 0 2% 168
North Lanarkshire 341,400 253 2,048,928 106 0 4% 359
Orkney Islands 22,540 17 1,499,404 78 0 1% 94
Perth & Kinross 152,504 113 5,157,036 267 0 5% 380
Renfrewshire 179,940 133 843,908 44 0 2% 177
Scottish Borders 116,020 86 6,079,422 314 0 5% 400
Shetland Islands 22,940 17 962,564 50 3.2 1% 70
South Ayrshire 112,450 83 1,217,456 63 0 2% 146
South Lanarkshire 322,630 239 2,510,806 130 0 5% 369
Stirling 84,268 62 2,224,714 115 0 2% 178
West Dunbartonshire 84,807 63 491,833 25 0 1% 88
West Lothian 185,580 138 1,431,768 74 0 3% 212
Total 5,444,972 4,035 78,466,385 4,058 6.7 100% 8,100
weights 49.8% 50.1% 0.1%

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