TABLE 2A Summary of revenue expenditure and income 2006-07 1
| £ Thousands |
General fund 2services | Housing | Trading services | Special 3 funds |
|---|
Expenditure |
|---|
Employee costs | 6,553,556 | 218,360 | 32,041 | 522 |
|---|
Operating expenses 4 | 5,572,713 | 2,434,876 | 47,886 | 674,707 |
|---|
Loan charges | 782,002 | 214,395 | 4,370 | 102 |
|---|
Revenue contributions to capital | 87,178 | 66,214 | 13,677 | 508 |
|---|
General fund contributions to housing and trading services 5 | 9,065 | . | 12,874 | . |
|---|
Support service costs | 534,489 | 78,503 | 2,506 | 485 |
|---|
Other | . | . | - | 265,777 |
|---|
Adjustment for inter account and inter authority transfers 6 | -613,945 | -57,361 | -6,648 | -2,013 |
|---|
Total expenditure | 12,925,058 | 2,954,987 | 106,706 | 940,088 |
|---|
Income |
|---|
Non-domestic rates 7 | 1,883,769 | . | . | . |
|---|
Council tax | 1,811,577 | . | . | . |
|---|
Government grant: | Revenue Support Grant ( RSG) 8 | 5,777,204 | . | . | . |
|---|
Council Tax rebate grants 9 | 359,159 | . | . | . |
|---|
Other grants and subsidies | 1,524,829 10 | 1,622,049 | 619 | . |
|---|
Sales, fees and charges | 921,772 | 1,035,018 | 82,427 | 7,892 |
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Contributions from general fund | . | 607 | 19,423 | . |
|---|
Other income | 734,297 | 223,581 | 3,815 | 3,096,392 |
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Increase in revenue balances | . | 15,322 | . | . |
|---|
Total income | 13,012,607 | 2,896,577 | 106,284 | 3,104,284 |
|---|
Changes in revenue balances (income minus expenditure) | 87,549 | -58,410 | -422 | 2,164,196 |
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1 Revenue expenditure is recorded on an accruals basis.
2 Includes general fund contributions to housing and other services.
3 Including superannuation and common good funds.
4 Including transfer payments.
5 Excluding contributions to transport undertakings which are included as operating expenses on the Roads and Transport
Account (see table 4A).
6 All inter account and inter authority transactions are deducted from expenditure.
7 This is the Distributable Amount as per the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2006.
8 Re-determined as per Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2007.
9 Council tax rebates paid by DWP.
10 As listed in Appendix A of the Report to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2006 and as returned by local authorities.
Specific grants total £888.2 million; other grants £636.7 million.

1. Excluding special funds and inter-account transfers.
2. Other income includes increases in revenue balances.
3. Other expenditure includes support service costs and revenue contributions to capital.