SAS Chapter 14: page 3

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 14A2 Local authorities’ capital expenditure, 1990-91 to 1995-96¹

(Ł thousand)

	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96

Total capital expenditure¹	1,249,744	1,276,006	1,344,250	1,428,545	1,518,362	1,550,750

General Fund services	589,921	620,287	650,287	699,250	760,564	775,742
Education	75,166	81,007	92,584	85,619	113,121	114,128
Libraries, museums and galleries	7,223	9,225	15,319	11,077	12,822	16,757
Social work	25,797	26,017	32,940	29,040	29,067	30,298
Law, order and protective services	23,378	19,903	28,230	32,951	33,635	35,847
Roads	159,467	164,333	179,275	189,525	198,178	187,988
Environmental services	12,738	12,798	13,239	18,905	16,595	17,172
Planning	55,899	84,900	69,065	76,477	102,152	103,221
Leisure and recreation	43,872	51,490	44,774	74,563	65,411	62,598
Administrative buildings and equipment	32,251	29,996	24,980	17,888	23,994	14,693
Other services	154,130	140,618	150,373	163,205	165,589	193,040

Housing	504,378	485,131	460,140	467,811	497,997	517,593

Trading services	155,445	170,588	233,331	261,484	259,801	242,779
Water supply	63,872	77,000	109,655	128,081	123,564	107,064
Sewerage	77,096	88,035	113,998	127,047	130,634	131,684
Ferries	846	773	18	-	376	355
Harbours, docks and piers	8,444	336	5,020	2,300	1,982	1,218
Airports	14	2	2	184	173	763
Road bridges	237	380	694	799	830	805
Slaughterhouses	73	56	87	1,068	139	63
Other trading services	4,863	4,006	3,857	2,005	2,103	827

Shadow Councils²	-	-	-	-	-	14,636

Source: SODD Local Government Finance Statistics

1 Expenditure out of loans, government grants and other capital receipts.
2 Expenditure recorded by Shadow Councils in the year prior to re-organisation.