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Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics 2002-03

TABLE 2A Summary of revenue expenditure and income 2002-03 1

Thousands

General fund 2 services

Housing

Trading services

Special 3 funds

Expenditure

Employee costs

4,778,270

188,320

25,753

624

Operating expenses 4

4,445,040

1,880,991

36,172

749,349

Loan charges

738,870

525,201

5,923

191

Revenue contributions to capital

67,335

130,486

6,459

39,838

General fund contributions to housing and trading services 5

6,560

.

9,681

.

Support service costs

410,667

57,600

2,426

453

Other

.

.

-

850,620

Adjustment for inter account and inter authority transfers 6

-417,603

-33,190

-6,429

-1,834

Total expenditure

10,029,139

2,749,409

79,985

1,639,241

Income

Non-domestic rates 7

1,718,104

.

.

.

Council tax

1,459,212

.

.

.

Government grant:

Revenue Support Grant (RSG) 8

4,557,867

.

.

.

Council Tax rebate grants 9

293,606

.

.

.

Other grants and subsidies

952,692

1,188,626

225

.

Sales, fees and charges

701,408

1,187,347

65,583

6,134

Contributions from general fund

.

1,968

16,092

226,435

Other income

493,849

287,181

2,474

1,264,377

Increase in revenue balances

.

-14,839

.

.

Total income

10,176,738

2,650,284

84,374

1,496,946

Changes in revenue balances (income minus expenditure)

147,599

-99,125

4,389

-142,295

1 Revenue expenditure is recorded on an accruals basis.
2 Includes non-housing revenue account housing (non-HRA) expenditure and 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 4).
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 2002
8 Re-determined as per Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2003.
9 Council tax rebates paid by DWP.
10 As defined in Appendix B of the Report to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2002 and as returned by local authorities. Specific grants total 646 million; other grants 307 million.
11 Includes transfers from trading revenue accounts.

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