SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Scottish Economic Statistics 2000

Table 5.3: Summary of Local Authorities' expenditure and income by service¹,1997/98

Ł million

	Revenue			Capital⁴
	Gross²Expenditure	Income³	Net Expenditure	Gross Expenditure	Income	Net Expenditure
Total	9,251	5,099	4,152	814	379	435
General Fund Services⁵	6,689	1,283	5,406	540	136	404
Education	2,513	134	2,379	113	16	96
Libraries, museums and galleries	121	10	112	10	2	8
Social work⁶	1,315	250	1,066	20	4	16
Law, order and protective services	932	429	503	38	4	33
Roads	442	65	377	108	8	101
Environmental services	344	57	287	25	1	24
Planning	163	86	77	70	45	25
Leisure and recreation	365	61	304	32	12	20
Administrative buildings and equipment	.	.	.	45	23	22
Housing loans and grants	.	.	.	49	5	44
Other services	465	182	283	31	16	15
General fund contributions to
housing	26	.	26	.	.	.
General fund contribution to
trading services	3	.	3	.	.	.
Interest on revenue balances	.	10	-10	.	.	.
Housing	1,659	2,095	-436	270	243	27
Trading services	70	66	3	4	-	4
Shipping	.	.	.	1	-	1
Buses	1	1	1	.	.	.
Ferries	7	2	5	.	.	.
Other LA transport undertakings⁷	12	12	-	2	-	2
Road bridges	13	15	-1	1	-	1
Slaughterhouses	1	1	-	-	-	-
Fishery harbours and markets	12	13	-2	.	.	.
Other trading services⁸	23	23	-	-	-	-
Special Funds	833	1,654	-821	.	.	.
Superannuation	659	1,422	-763	.	.	.
Special Funds	165	222	-58	.	.	.
Common good	10	10	-	.	.	.

Source: As reported to the Scottish Executive by local authorities.

1 Excludes water and sewerage. All data are provisional.
2 Excludes loan charges. All inter account and inter authority transfers are deducted from expenditure.
3 Revenue income does not include income of Ł1,326 million from non-domestic rates, Ł3,520 million from Revenue Support Grant, as defined in Appendix B of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998 and as returned by local authorities, Council Tax income of Ł1,070 million and Council Tax rebate grants of Ł260million. It does include other government grants of Ł120 million.
4 Excludes capital expenditure which is financed from revenue. Capital is recorded on a cash basis (not accruals) so this information relates to capital expenditure and income in the financial year 1997/98. Capital income is mainly income from sale of assests.
5 Includes non-housing revenue account housing expenditure and general fund contributions to housing and other services.
6 The income figures include Ł91 million of income from Health boards, Trusts and other public bodies.
7 For revenue expenditure, includes airports, harbours and piers (except fishing harbours).
8 For capital expenditure, includes commercial ports, piers, fishery and other harbours.

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