SAS Chapter 14: page 4

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 14A3 Local authorities’ revenue expenditure, 1990-91 to 1995-96

(Ł thousand)

		1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96
Total revenue expenditure^1,2		7,429,771	7,985,137	8,560,071	8,713,471	9,111,524	9,729,275

General Fund services		5,650,719	6,093,642	6,542,916	6,589,420	6,904,001	7,324,381
Education		2,390,134	2,564,363	2,757,058	2,537,582	2,563,049	2,654,158
Libraries, museums and galleries		103,489	109,181	117,243	125,791	132,055	149,427
Social work		668,792	733,067	806,613	914,436	1,045,638	1,222,693
Law, order and protective services		653,197	704,943	763,917	804,616	828,480	866,567
Roads³		561,522	589,564	633,874	650,555	684,452	676,116
Environmental services⁴		264,507	283,968	305,645	322,534	330,039	351,689
Planning		162,566	174,380	188,753	202,027	211,346	226,073
Leisure and recreation		338,532	362,560	383,081	396,874	405,083	451,952
Other services ⁵		383,221	445,968	456,198	516,842	580,334	591,766
Other General Fund expenditure⁶		124,759	125,648	130,534	118,163	123,525	133,940

Housing⁷		1,473,950	1,573,590	1,672,566	1,738,427	1,806,022	1,924,930

Trading services		429,861	443,553	475,123	505,787	525,026	575,053
Water supply		188,478	203,847	218,864	239,291	255,081	274,773
Sewerage		176,449	185,216	194,576	200,036	209,323	233,525
Passenger transport		560	603	859	681	685	794
Ferries		6,596	4,508	8,336	7,203	7,574	7,744
Harbours, docks and piers		23,428	28,008	27,811	16,215	16,804	15,301
Road bridges		9,277	9,629	9,508	10,948	7,579	11,755
Slaughterhouses		2,737	1,427	1,282	985	976	1,000
Markets		..	6,086	8,145	8,462	8,615	10,336
Other trading services		22,336	4,229	5,742	19,966	18,389	19,825

Shadow Councils⁸		*	*	*	*	*	38,851

Loan charges (included above) total		1,267,466	1,327,639	1,343,768	1,346,433	1,383,167	1,451,179
Allocated to:	General Fund services	567,143	607,867	631,479	649,212	677,377	710,801
	Housing	530,566	542,248	528,488	505,407	499,904	504,162
	Trading services	169,757	177,524	183,801	191,814	205,886	236,216
Loan debt (at end of period)⁹ (Ł Million)		7,948	8,005	8,429	8,999	9,948	9,150

Source: SODD Local Government Finance Statistics

1 Gross expenditure less inter-authority and inter-account transfer.
2 Revenue contributions to capital are excluded from the capital summary and shown only in the revenue summary.
3 Including General Fund support for transport (LA and Non-LA).
4 Burial grounds and crematoria are included within "Environmental services" figures.
5 Central administration costs are allocated to the expenditure of individual services.
6 General Fund contributions to Housing and Trading Services (excluding transport) are also included in the expenditure figures for these services.
7 Housing expenditure includes gross expenditure on housing benefit and rent allowances.
8 Expenditure recorded by Shadow Councils in the year prior to re-organisation.
9 Water and sewerage debt was transferred from local authorities to water companies on 31 March 1996.