Written Question · S2W-20174 · Session 2
What the expenditure per head was in each local authority, broken down into (a) education, (b) highways and transport, (c) social services,…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure per head was in each local authority, broken down into (a) education, (b) highways and transport, (c) social services, (d) housing, excluding housing revenue account (HRA), (e) culture, (f) environmental, (g) planning and development, (h) police, (i) courts, (j) central services, (k) other, (l) mandatory rent allowances, (m) mandatory rent rebates to non-HRA tenants and (n) mandatory rent rebates to HRA tenants, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
The answer
The answers to questions (a)to (c) and (e) to (k) can be obtained from the following links on the Scottish Executivewebsite. Table 3 in the first link gives local authority expenditure by servicearea. The second link is to the most recent mid-year population estimates whichwill provide population figures to allow an “expenditure per-head” figure to becalculated. It should be noted that the “central services” expenditure heading containssome district court expenditure.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16945/SLGFS
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/recently-published-population-estimates/index.html.
The following tables providethe answers to questions (d) and (l)-(n), although, as indicated in the footnotes,the information does not distinguish between HRA tenants and non-HRA tenants.
Housing Expenditure ExcludingHousing Revenue Account, 2003-04
| Total Expenditure
(£000)
| Net Expenditure
(£000)
Scotland
| 494,298
| 52,109
Aberdeen City
| 15,093
| 2,413
Aberdeenshire
| 11,190
| 794
Angus
| 7,740
| 1,278
Argyll and Bute
| 1,994
| 518
Clackmannanshire
| 4,496
| 166
Dumfries and Galloway
| 19,679
| 1,284
Dundee City
| 14,274
| 1,463
East Ayrshire
| 399
| 196
East Dunbartonshire
| 6,087
| 745
East Lothian
| 10,389
| 552
East Renfrewshire
| 6,659
| 381
Edinburgh City
| 68,589
| 6,518
Eilean Siar
| 1,876
| 853
Falkirk
| 10,870
| 1,903
Fife
| 39,609
| 2,041
Glasgow City
| 127,964
| 18,831
Highland
| 15,746
| 1,509
Inverclyde
| 9,180
| 819
Midlothian
| 6,079
| 59
Moray
| 8,160
| 466
North Ayrshire
|
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16945/SLGFS
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/recently-published-population-estimates/index.html.
The following tables providethe answers to questions (d) and (l)-(n), although, as indicated in the footnotes,the information does not distinguish between HRA tenants and non-HRA tenants.
Housing Expenditure ExcludingHousing Revenue Account, 2003-04
| Total Expenditure
(£000)
| Net Expenditure
(£000)
Scotland
| 494,298
| 52,109
Aberdeen City
| 15,093
| 2,413
Aberdeenshire
| 11,190
| 794
Angus
| 7,740
| 1,278
Argyll and Bute
| 1,994
| 518
Clackmannanshire
| 4,496
| 166
Dumfries and Galloway
| 19,679
| 1,284
Dundee City
| 14,274
| 1,463
East Ayrshire
| 399
| 196
East Dunbartonshire
| 6,087
| 745
East Lothian
| 10,389
| 552
East Renfrewshire
| 6,659
| 381
Edinburgh City
| 68,589
| 6,518
Eilean Siar
| 1,876
| 853
Falkirk
| 10,870
| 1,903
Fife
| 39,609
| 2,041
Glasgow City
| 127,964
| 18,831
Highland
| 15,746
| 1,509
Inverclyde
| 9,180
| 819
Midlothian
| 6,079
| 59
Moray
| 8,160
| 466
North Ayrshire
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-20174 by reference.