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Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics 2006-07

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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

Contributions from general fund

.

607

19,423

.

Other income

734,297

223,581

3,815

3,096,392

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

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.

diagram

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.

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