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Local Government Finance 2006-07
08/02/2008
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics 2006-07, including key statistics on local authority income and expenditure, outstanding debt and local taxes.
The main findings are:
A 0.6 per cent increase in Gross Revenue Expenditure in 2006-07, to £16.9 billion. Of this expenditure, General Fund Services accounted for 76.4 per cent (£12.9 billion) and Housing expenditure for 17.5 per cent (£3.0 billion). The remaining expenditure was in Trading Services (£0.1 billion) and Special Funds (£0.9 billion).
• A 4.6 per cent increase in Total Revenue Income in 2006-07, to £19.1 billion. The main sources were Government Grants (£9.3 billion, 48.6 per cent), Non-Domestic Rates (£1.9 billion, 9.9 per cent), Fees and Charges (£2.0 billion, 10.7 per cent), Council Tax (£1.8 billion, 9.5 per cent) and Other Income (£4.1 billion, 21.3 per cent).
• Net Revenue expenditure increased 0.9 per cent in 2006-07 to £10.6 billion. The main general fund service expenditure components are: Education (£4.3 billion, up 3.4 per cent from 2005-06), Social Work (£2.2 billion, up 7.7 per cent from 2005-06) and Police, Fire and Emergency Planning (£1.3 billion, up 4.6 per cent from 2005-06).
• Gross Capital Expenditure (excluding capital funded from current revenue) increased by 24 per cent to £2.0 billion. Total Capital Income in 2006-07 was £1.0bn.
• Scottish Local Authority debt on all services at 31 March 2007 was £9.4 billion, or £1,842 per head of population.